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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Ronald |
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Richard Butts of Lubbock, who passed away on February 28, 2017, at |
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the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Edward Butts and Edna Mae Butts, Ron Butts |
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was born in Conchas, New Mexico, on September 3, 1939; he lived in |
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many places in his youth, including Las Vegas, Nevada, Honolulu, |
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Hawaii, and Albuquerque, New Mexico; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Butts completed his bachelor's degree in |
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pharmacy at the University of New Mexico, and after settling in |
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Lubbock, he worked at a number of pharmacies, including Gibson's, |
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Raff and Hall, Eckerd, and Albertson's; in the 1980s, he founded his |
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own pharmacy, Ron's Medicine Chest, where many customers sought out |
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his expertise; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Mr. Butts shared a fulfilling |
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marriage of 56 years with his wife, Beatrice; he was the proud |
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father of Kym Michalik, Ken Butts, Debbie Braganza, and Carrie |
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Ashley, and in later years, he became the grandfather of Jordan, |
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Joey, and Maddie Michalik, Megan Braganza, and Avery Stangl; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Butts battled Parkinson's disease for two |
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decades but did not let his illness define him; an avid |
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photographer, he viewed the world through his camera lens; he |
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recorded every gathering and preserved images from trips to Las |
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Vegas, the Grand Canyon, and elsewhere in photo albums and slide |
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collections; when he wanted a change of scenery, he loved to go |
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fishing in the Colorado mountains, and he traveled to South Bend, |
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Indiana, in 2001 to watch the University of Notre Dame play the |
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University of Southern California; a longtime fan of the Fighting |
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Irish, he was delighted to cheer them on twice at the Cotton Bowl as |
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well; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Ron Butts is deeply missed by those he left |
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behind, they will forever treasure their memories of time spent in |
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his company; 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 life of Ronald Richard Butts |
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and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 Ronald |
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Butts. |