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