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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long treasure their memories |
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of William Walter Davis Jr. of Houston, who passed away on July 16, |
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2021, at the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, William Davis was born in Houston on March 4, 1954, |
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to William Walter Davis Sr. and Hannah Lola Davis, and he grew up in |
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the Pleasantville community with three sisters, Laura, Deborah, and |
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Rolanda; in 1976, he was joined in matrimony to the former Billie |
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Jean Carter, and the couple went on to share a rewarding union that |
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spanned 45 years; he was the proud father of three daughters, |
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Kimberly, Elicia, and Carlinda, and later in life, he was blessed |
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with three grandchildren, Karsyn, Karter, and the late Kaelynn |
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Davis-Hamilton; and |
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WHEREAS, After receiving his early education in the Houston |
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Independent School District, Mr. Davis attended G. T. Dental |
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School; over the course of his career, he worked in dentistry as |
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well as trucking, driving vehicles for Adams Trucking, Star |
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Furniture, and Nabisco Foods; he was also active in his community as |
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an election worker; and |
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WHEREAS, A serious horseman, Mr. Davis delighted in the time |
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he spent with his horse, Chloe, and he was a regular volunteer with |
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the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where he served on the Rodeo |
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Transportation Committee; and |
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WHEREAS, Known affectionately as "Willie D," William Davis |
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was an outgoing and high-spirited man who brightened the lives of |
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his family and friends, and all those who knew and loved him will |
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forever hold him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of William Walter Davis Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to the |
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members of his family: to his wife, Billie Jean Carter-Davis; to his |
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daughters, Kimberly, Elicia, and Carlinda; to his grandchildren, |
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Karsyn and Karter Woods; to his sisters, Deborah Adams and her |
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husband, Rube, and Rolanda Davis; to his aunt, Leonora Howard; to |
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his nephew, Leroy Davis; to his cousins, Dan Davis, Ivory "Bo" |
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Davis, and Edward Charles Grigsby; to his brother-in-law, Charles |
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Allen; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 William |
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Walter Davis Jr. |