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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Richard |
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Hopson Pinckney of Lampasas, who passed away on May 17, 2020, at the |
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age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on February 29, 1936, in Austin, Richard |
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Pinckney was the son of Thomas Dudley and Dorothy Crawford |
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Pinckney; he graduated from Austin High School in 1955 before |
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attending the training academy for the Texas Game and Fish |
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Commission at Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Pinckney went on to enjoy a 35-year career as a |
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game warden; he took his first assignment on the lakes in Llano |
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County before working for Lampasas and Mills Counties; a leader in |
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his profession, he earned numerous accolades over the years; he was |
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named Game Warden of the Year by the Texas Parks and Wildlife |
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Department and received recognition from Shikar Safaris; in |
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addition, he was a charter member of the Texas Game Warden |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Pinckney benefited from |
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the love and support of his wife, Sharon, with whom he shared a |
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rewarding union of 57 years; he took great pride in his sons, |
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Richard and Timothy, and with the passing years, he had the pleasure |
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of seeing his family grow to include three grandchildren; an animal |
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lover, Mr. Pinckney raised thoroughbred race horses and enjoyed the |
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companionship of his miniature schnauzer, Heidi; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Richard Pinckney will be deeply missed, he |
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has left his family and friends with a wealth of memories that they |
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will forever treasure; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Richard Hopson |
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Pinckney and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Sharon Pinckney; to his children, Richard Lane |
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Pinckney and his wife, Martha, and Timothy Lamar Pinckney and his |
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wife, DeAnna; to his grandchildren, Jase Pinckney, Reed Pinckney, |
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and Hannah Hoelscher and her husband, Devon; to his sister, Dixie |
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Kay Braziel, and her husband, John; to his sister-in-law, Jane |
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Pickett; and to his 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Richard |
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Hopson Pinckney. |
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Buckley |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 64 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 10, 2021. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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