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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, June 25, 2017, signals the beginning of a new |
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chapter in the lives of Benjamin Daniel Shackelford and Annie |
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Avary, for on that day they are exchanging their wedding vows at The |
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Carriage House in Conroe; and |
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WHEREAS, This devoted couple met at Texas Tech University, |
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brought together by their fellow student Amanda Vereen, who is also |
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Mr. Shackelford's cousin and Ms. Avary's Tau Beta Sigma sorority |
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sister; and |
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WHEREAS, The groom graduated from high school in Perryton and |
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joined the U.S. Marine Corps in 2005; honorably discharged six |
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years later, he attended Texas Tech University, where he competed |
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on the power-lifting team and earned a bachelor's degree in |
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exercise sport science; he subsequently became a coach and teacher |
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at Snyder Junior High, and he has worked at New Caney Middle School |
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since 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, Raised in The Woodlands, Ms. Avary graduated from |
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College Park High School in 2010 and continued her education at |
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Texas Tech, where she played clarinet with the Goin' Band from |
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Raiderland; after completing her degree in music in 2014, she went |
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on to receive a master's degree in counseling from The University of |
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Texas at Tyler, and she has since served as a band director in the |
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New Caney and Conroe school districts; and |
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WHEREAS, The wedding of Ben Shackelford and Annie Avary marks |
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a profound deepening of a relationship that has grown in love, |
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respect, and mutual regard with each passing day, and it is truly a |
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pleasure to honor this fortunate couple as they are united in |
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marriage; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Benjamin Daniel Shackelford and |
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Annie Avary on their wedding and extend to them sincere best wishes |
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for a lifetime of happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for the couple as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |
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Metcalf |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2601 was adopted by the House on May |
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28, 2017, by a non-record vote. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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