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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 670
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In Memory |
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Bill Scudder |
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WHEREAS, Bill Scudder of Texarkana, an esteemed Texan and |
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a friend to many, passed away on January 27, 2019, at the age of |
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75; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Willie Tom and Robbie Nell Parks |
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Scudder, Bill Scudder was born in Lamar County on January 11, |
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1944; after graduating from Paris High School, where he was on |
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the football, basketball, and baseball teams, he went on to |
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attend Paris Junior College and played baseball for the Dragons |
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for two years; he then received a scholarship to play baseball |
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for the Crimson Tide, and he graduated from the University of |
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Alabama with a bachelor's degree in education in 1966; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Scudder began his teaching career with the |
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Paris Independent School District; in 1969, he became the coach |
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for the Blossom Bulldogs boys' basketball program, and he led the |
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team to a district championship as well as an impressive playoff |
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run; the following year, he began coaching for the newly |
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consolidated high school in Prairiland Independent School |
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District, where he eventually coached the 1986 Prairiland |
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Patriots baseball team to a 3A state championship; he served the |
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district as a dedicated coach, educator, and athletic director |
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for more than three decades, mentoring thousands of young Texans |
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over the course of his career before retiring in 2000; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Scudder enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife of 53 years, Sue, and he was the |
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proud father of three children, Scott, Amy, and Jan; a man of |
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faith, he was a member of Moores Lane Baptist Church in |
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Texarkana; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Scudder lived a life that was rich in |
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personal and professional achievements, and he will forever be |
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remembered with 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 memory of Bill Scudder and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Sue Carter Scudder; to his children, Scott Scudder and his |
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wife, Tracy, Amy Pickelman and her husband, Jason, and Jan |
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Anderson and her husband, Kurt; to his grandchildren, Reed Scott |
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Scudder, William Trey Scudder, Kylee Sue Scudder, Ryan Scott |
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Pickelman, Rebecca Grace Pickelman, Tucker Thomas Anderson, |
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Rebekah Rose Anderson, and William Buchanan Anderson; and to his |
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other relatives and 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 Bill Scudder. |
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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 May 1, 2019, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |