SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 284
 
 
  In Memory
  of
  James Kenneth Smith
 
         WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of James
  Kenneth Smith of Tyler, who passed away on January 23, 2019, at
  the age of 81; and
         WHEREAS, Ken Smith was born on September 26, 1937, in the
  community of Telephone to James Warner and Undene Mozelle Widner
  Smith; while attending Bonham High School, he earned the rank of
  Eagle Scout and began working as a disc jockey, a job that
  eventually helped him pay his way through college in Austin,
  Denton, and Dallas; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Smith graduated from the University of North
  Texas in 1960 and made his living as a disc jockey in Sherman and
  Tyler, before taking a job with Peoples National Bank; in 1963,
  he embarked on a career that would span 34 years with the
  pharmaceutical company Smith Kline & French; while there, he
  became a certified medical representative and rose to the
  position of executive pharmaceutical consultant before retiring
  in 1997; he was a longtime member of First Christian Church in
  Tyler, and he served the congregation through the years as
  evangelism chair, elder, elder chair, and elder emeritus; and
         WHEREAS, In 1959, Mr. Smith married his college sweetheart,
  the former Reba Fay Roland, with whom he shared nearly six decades;
  they were blessed with two children, Angela and Timothy, and the
  couple later welcomed into their family four grandchildren, Blake,
  Trent, Clayton, and Lindsey; Mr. Smith supported both his children
  and grandchildren in their many athletic, dance, band, and other
  extracurricular activities; an avid outdoorsman, he also delighted
  in going on fishing and hunting trips with his loved ones; and
         WHEREAS, Ken Smith led a life that was rich in the
  intangibles that matter most, and he will forever be remembered
  with deep admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
  Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of James Kenneth
  Smith and extend sincere sympathy to all those who mourn his
  passing; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be
  prepared for his family and that when the Senate adjourns this
  day, it do so in memory of Ken Smith.
  Hughes
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on February 27, 2019,
    by a rising vote.
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate