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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Quitman lost an esteemed community |
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leader with the death of the Honorable Gayle Ingram on March 5, |
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2015, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Will and Elizabeth Ingram in the Rock Hill |
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community on July 14, 1928, Gayle Ingram graduated from Quitman |
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High School in 1945 and went on to continue his education at East |
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Texas State Teachers College and Sam Houston State University; over |
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the years, he worked as a teacher at Brownsville High School and as |
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a district manager for Ford Tractor Company, and he also served in |
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the 8th Naval District in New Orleans and the Naval Reserve |
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electronic unit in Harlingen; and |
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WHEREAS, He returned home to Quitman in 1963 and was involved |
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in farming and ranching and also in the auctioneering business, and |
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in 1989, he established the highly respected IQ School of |
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Auctioneering; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1970, the residents of Wood, Upshur, Camp, and |
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Hopkins Counties elected Mr. Ingram to the Texas House of |
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Representatives; during his term in office, he was a member of the |
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Agriculture and Livestock, County Government, Public Education, |
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School Districts, and Judicial Districts Committees; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Ingram married the former Dorothy Ellington, |
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with whom he shared a rewarding union that spanned 64 years; he was |
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the proud father of a son, Bryan, and three daughters, Elizabeth, |
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Alice, and Dorothy, and took great delight in his granddaughter and |
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great-grandson; he was a valued congregant at First Baptist Church |
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Quitman; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family, his community, and his |
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country, Gayle Ingram made a meaningful difference in the lives of |
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his loved ones and fellow citizens alike, and his contributions |
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will be remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Gayle |
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Ingram and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Dorothy Ingram; to his daughters, Elizabeth Ingram Mesick |
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and her husband, Gene, and Alice Ingram; to his son, Bryan Ingram, |
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and his wife, Lisa; to his granddaughter and his great-grandson; |
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and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of the |
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Honorable Gayle Ingram. |
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Hughes |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 3209 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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