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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 395
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In Memory |
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of |
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Jerome Kenneth Findley |
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WHEREAS, Jerome Kenneth Findley, a successful attorney and |
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an esteemed member of the Tyler community, passed away on July |
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14, 2018, at the age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, A fifth-generation Texan, Ken Findley was born in |
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Dallas on March 1, 1945, to Jack and Doris Findley, and he grew up |
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with a sister, Jacqueline; he and his wife, Annette Sterlacci |
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Findley, shared a rewarding relationship that spanned 46 years, |
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and he was the proud father of two sons, Jonathan Kyle Findley and |
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the late Jerome Kenneth Findley II; and |
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WHEREAS, After earning a bachelor's degree in business |
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administration from Stephen F. Austin State University in 1970, |
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Mr. Findley graduated from South Texas College of Law in 1977; he |
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worked in the oil and gas industry in Houston before moving to |
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Tyler in 1982 and setting up his own private practice; he was a |
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member of the Texas Trial Lawyers Association, the Texas Bar |
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College, and Lawyers of Distinction, and he received the |
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Martindale-Hubbell AV Preeminent peer review rating; he was also |
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a lifetime member of Mensa; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Findley and his wife were leaders in their |
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community, actively supporting the Women's Symphony League of |
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Tyler, the Tyler Museum of Art, Tyler Day Nursery, and other |
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local institutions; deeply devoted to his loved ones, he took |
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great pleasure in planning adventures for his family, and as a |
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BoyScoutleader,hehelpedhistwosonsbecomeEagleScouts;his |
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other interests included reading history and autobiographies and |
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riding his Harley on back roads throughout the United States; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving husband and father and a highly respected |
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lawyer, Ken Findley lived a rich and purposeful life, and he will |
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be long remembered with deep affection by all who knew him; now, |
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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 Jerome Kenneth |
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Findley and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many |
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friends; 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 Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Ken Findley. |
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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 March 14, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |