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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 342
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In Memory |
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Robert Crayford Lee |
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life has drawn to a close |
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with the passing of Robert Crayford Lee of Houston on February |
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12, 2015, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Lee was born in Austin on August 12, 1924, to |
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Georgia and Robert E. Lee; he grew up in Wichita Falls, where he |
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learned his strong work ethic at an early age, delivering papers |
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and doing yard work and other jobs; he attended high school in |
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Wichita Falls and Corpus Christi and graduated from Waco High |
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School, where during his senior year he competed as a member of |
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the tennis and debate teams while also working two jobs; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty in 1943, |
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Mr. Lee entered the United States Navy and trained as a naval |
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aviator; after his discharge in 1946, he attended The University |
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of Texas at Austin, where he earned a bachelor's degree in |
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business administration in 1950; following his graduation, he |
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found employment at Scarbrough's department store; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1951, Mr. Lee met Ann Edwards of Ponchatoula, |
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Louisiana; he asked her to marry him on their second date, and |
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they were joined in matrimony for 64 years; the couple became the |
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proud parents of five sons, James, Michael, Robert, Richard, and |
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Donald; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Lee and his family moved first to |
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Albuquerque, New Mexico, and then to Houston, where he went to |
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work selling books on tax law for the publisher Prentice Hall; a |
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man of strong religious faith, he was a valued member of First |
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Presbyterian Church, where he took part in weekly fellowship and |
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Bible study classes; and |
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WHEREAS, Robert Lee was also a stalwart of the Republican |
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Party of Harris County, and he and his wife alternated serving as |
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precinct chair for more than four decades; after one of their |
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sons was severely injured in an accident, Mr. Lee became a |
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campaigner for medical marijuana, and he helped to found |
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Republicans Against Marijuana Prohibition; and |
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WHEREAS, Beloved for his pleasant manner and |
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steadfastness, Robert Lee centered his life around his family, |
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his nation, and civic engagement, and those who were blessed to |
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share in his love and affection will forever hold him close in |
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their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of Robert Crayford |
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Lee and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Ann Edwards Lee; to his sons, James Lee, Michael Lee, |
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Robert Lee, Richard Lee, and Donald Lee and his wife, Susan; to |
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his four granddaughters and two great-grandchildren; to his |
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sister, Georgiabeth Mercier; to his brother, James E. Lee; and to |
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his other relatives and 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Robert Crayford Lee. |
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Huffman |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 9, 2015, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |