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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Lieutenant Colonel |
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Melvin Lewis Myers Sr. of Houston were deeply saddened by his death |
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on April 27, 2019, at the age of 82; and |
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WHEREAS, Melvin Myers was born on October 3, 1936, to |
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Hannibal and Mary Myers, and he grew up with three siblings, |
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Hannibal, Marjorie, and Forrest; after graduating from Wharton |
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Training High School he went on to attend Prairie View A&M |
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University, which he continued to support throughout his life as a |
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member of the school's alumni association; and |
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WHEREAS, In the course of his two decades in the U.S. Army, |
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Lieutenant Colonel Myers served in Vietnam and received the Bronze |
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Star Medal; following his retirement from the military, he began a |
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second career teaching in the Freehold Regional High School |
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District in New Jersey; he later went on to become the senior army |
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instructor of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Sam Houston |
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High School and the Barbara Jordan High School for Careers in |
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Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Myers valued his loved ones above all else; he |
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was a devoted father to his children, Kerry and Melvin, and he took |
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great pride in his two grandchildren, Christian and Kyle; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Melvin Meyers brings great |
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sadness to his family and friends, he leaves behind a legacy that |
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will long be treasured by all those who held him dear; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lieutenant Colonel |
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Melvin Lewis Myers Sr. and extend sincere condolences to all who |
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mourn his passing; 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 Melvin |
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Myers. |