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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of the Fort Worth community lost an |
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esteemed educator with the untimely passing of James Lee Wellman of |
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Aledo on January 5, 2017, at the age of 47; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Bob and Carole Wellman on June 24, 1969, |
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Jamie Wellman grew up in Kenova, West Virginia, with his two |
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brothers and two sisters; he earned his bachelor's degree at West |
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Virginia State University and later continued his studies at Texas |
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Christian University, graduating with a master's degree in |
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education administration; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Wellman worked as a basketball and volleyball |
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coach at several high schools in his home state before moving to |
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Fort Worth in 1998; after serving as a special education teacher and |
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coach at Burleson High School, he went on to teach at |
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Carter-Riverside High and South Hills High; in 2005 he joined the |
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staff at Western Hills High School in Benbrook as an assistant |
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principal, and four years later, he was promoted to principal, a |
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role he fulfilled with distinction until his passing; in |
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recognition of his outstanding tenure with the school, the Fort |
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Worth Independent School District Board of Trustees recently |
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decided to name the Western Hills field house in his honor; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family, Mr. Wellman shared a |
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rewarding marriage with his wife of two decades, Stephanie, and he |
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was tremendously proud of their son, Payne; an avid sports fan, |
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Mr. Wellman enjoyed teaching his son to play golf as well as rooting |
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for his favorite teams, Marshall University, Texas Christian |
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University, and the Pittsburgh Steelers; he also treasured the |
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summers he spent with his loved ones on St. Simons Island in |
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Georgia; and |
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WHEREAS, Beloved for his warmth, his sense of humor, and his |
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ability to see the best in everyone, Jamie Wellman touched |
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countless lives during his journey on this earth, and all those who |
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had the privilege to know him will forever hold him close in their |
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hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of James Lee Wellman |
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and extend sincere condolences to his relatives, to his friends, |
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and to the faculty, staff, and students of Western Hills High |
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School; 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 James Lee |
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Wellman. |