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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1049
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In Memory |
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Rance William Humphreys |
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WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and |
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commemorates the life of Dr. Rance William Humphreys, who died on |
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October 29, 2014, at the age of 49; and |
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WHEREAS, Rance William Humphreys was born on July 17, 1965, |
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in Wharton, Texas; he lived the first years of his childhood in |
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Rosenberg and moved with his family to Jacksonville in 1976; and |
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WHEREAS, In school, Rance excelled easily; he was a |
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straight-A student and received academic awards for Biology and |
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Physics; he was a talented singer in the school choir and show |
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choir; an excellent golfer, he was a star member of the high |
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school golf team and also won many golf tournaments; and |
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WHEREAS, He served as chaplain of the student council, and |
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he was selected to attend "Boys State" in Austin; he graduated as |
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valedictorian at the top of his class in 1983 with a 4.0 grade |
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point average; and |
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WHEREAS, Rance attended Texas A&M University, following in |
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the Aggie footsteps of his uncles; he graduated in 1987 and was |
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accepted into the university's school of medicine; he continued |
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to exercise his creative talent during his time at the university |
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as a member of the world-famous Texas A&M University Singing |
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Cadets; he toured Europe with the group in the spring of 1987, |
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served as the group's vice president, and performed the lead role |
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in the barbershop quartet "The Aggienizors"; and |
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WHEREAS, After his first year of medical school, Rance was |
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awarded a scholarship from the United States Army, and he |
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committed to serving the nation during and after medical school; |
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he received his medical degree from Texas A&M University in 1991 |
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with a specialty in psychiatry; he completed his psychiatric |
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residency in the army at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia, and |
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briefly served at Fort Stewart, near Savannah, before returning |
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to Augusta; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Humphreys was promoted to the rank of major in |
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1995 and served as the director of the psychiatric resident |
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doctors at Fort Gordon; he deeply enjoyed mentoring the young |
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resident doctors, and when the residency program at Fort Gordon |
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was closed, Major Humphreys decided to leave the army and go into |
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private practice; he received an honorable discharge in 1999 and |
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moved to Dalton, Georgia, to start his practice; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a highly respected psychiatrist in |
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northern Georgia for 15 years, and he successfully helped many |
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military veterans and their families in dealing with |
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posttraumatic stress disorder; in addition to seeing patients at |
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his office, Dr. Humphreys was a rotating physician at the local |
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hospital, and he was a staff physician at the Youth Detention |
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Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Rance Humphreys was an exemplary citizen, an |
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exceptional doctor, and a loyal friend, and he leaves behind |
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memories that will long be cherished by those who were privileged |
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to share in his life; although he spent the second half of his |
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life in Georgia, Rance's heart always remained in Texas; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th |
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Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved |
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family of Rance William Humphreys: his parents, Charles and |
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Glenda Humphreys; his sister, Tana Switsky; his brother-in-law, |
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Joel Switsky; and his nephews, Ewan and Ethan Switsky; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family as an expression of deepest sympathy and that when the |
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Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Rance Humphreys. |
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Nichols |
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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 May 30, 2015, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |