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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 213
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In Memory |
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Marvin H. Maberry Jr. |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their |
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memories of Marvin H. Maberry Jr. of Daingerfield, who passed |
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away on November 10, 2016, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Corsicana, Marvin Maberry was born on |
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February 12, 1938; he enjoyed a 25-year career with the Texas |
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Department of Public Safety, where he served as an accident |
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investigator; in 1989, after retiring from the department, he |
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created Maberry Centre Bat Homes, a business that specialized in |
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building a variety of innovative dwellings for bats to roost; he |
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was also a longtime volunteer with the Bat House Project run by |
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Bat Conservation International, and he made it part of his |
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mission to help the public better understand the important role |
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that bats play in the ecosystem; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Maberry shared a rewarding marriage with his |
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wife, Diane, and he was the proud father of three children, |
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Marla, Angela, and Marvin, and a stepdaughter, Lisa; over the |
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years, his life was further enriched with the addition of seven |
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grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; he was also a valued |
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member of First United Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Marvin Maberry lived a caring and purposeful |
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life, and he will be remembered with admiration and affection by |
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all who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Marvin |
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H. Maberry Jr. and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Diane Maberry; to his children, Marla |
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Bullard, Angela Hill, and Marvin H. Maberry III; to his |
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stepdaughter, Lisa Van Reenen, and her husband, Breda; to his |
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grandchildren, Jamie Strawn, Marissa and Carter Ayers, and Aaron, |
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Allison, Anna, and Ashlee Schaar; to his great-grandchildren, |
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Hannah and Hollye; to his stepgrandchildren, Gavin and Kelby Van |
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Reenen; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for |
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his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do |
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so in memory of Marvin Maberry. |
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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 February 21, 2017, |
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by a rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |