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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The 102nd birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed |
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cause for celebration, and Ira B. Scott Sr. of Houston is marking |
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this significant occasion in his life on March 25, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, A native of Willis, Ira Scott was born in 1917; he |
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attended public schools in his hometown before transferring to Port |
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Arthur Lincoln High School because it offered a full 12 grades of |
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instruction; he completed his bachelor's degree in education at |
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Huston-Tillotson University and taught in a small community near |
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Shreveport, Louisiana; subsequently, he worked for the YMCA in New |
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Orleans; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Scott married the former Evelyn Rhoda Landix, |
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and the couple became the proud parents of three sons, Ira, Carl, |
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and Vernon; they lived in Conroe while Mr. Scott taught at Booker |
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T. Washington School, and he founded the community's first Boy |
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Scout troop for African Americans; after he joined the faculty of |
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Phillis Wheatley High, the family relocated to Houston; Wheatley |
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moved to a new facility the following year, but Mr. Scott remained |
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at the location as it became E. O. Smith Junior High; he rose to |
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become principal of the campus and served there for 35 years until |
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his retirement; for more than a quarter-century, he was a board |
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member of the credit union for Houston teachers; he also served as |
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president of the Houston Retired Teachers Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply committed to his community, Mr. Scott |
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established the first Boy Scout troop in the Fifth Ward with the |
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help of fellow educators and parents; he was a trustee of |
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Huston-Tillotson University and served as president of the alumni |
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organization, and he has given generously of his time and talents to |
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the Prince Hall Masons; one of the longest-tenured members of Omega |
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Psi Phi Fraternity, he has been active in the Nu Phi Chapter for |
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over seven decades, and he was chapter basileus and a chaplain of |
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the Ninth District; moreover, he has been a valued member of Trinity |
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United Methodist Church for more than 65 years, and he has served in |
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the choir and men's ministry; and |
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WHEREAS, A distinguished educator and engaged citizen, Ira |
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Scott has earned the deep admiration of innumerable people, and he |
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may reflect with great satisfaction on a long lifetime of |
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achievement; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby congratulate Ira B. Scott Sr. on the joyous |
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occasion of his 102nd birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes |
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for continued happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Scott as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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House of Representatives. |