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