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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived remain to comfort the |
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family and friends of Robert Marion Estes of Parker County, who |
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passed away on November 19, 2020, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Estes was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October |
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16, 1933, to Charles Gullard Estes and Daisy Brown Estes, and he |
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grew up with the companionship of a brother, Charles; after |
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graduating from Treadwell High School in 1951, he enrolled at the |
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University of Tennessee, where he earned a bachelor's degree in |
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business administration; while there, he pledged Lambda Chi Alpha |
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Fraternity; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Estes was drafted into the United States Army in |
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1954, and he went on to serve as a high-speed radio operator in |
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Germany; after returning stateside, he wed the former Carolyn Hull, |
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with whom he shared 60 years of marriage until her passing; he |
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excelled in his career as a gear designer for International |
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Harvester, an agricultural and automotive manufacturer, and was |
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later promoted to its corporate general offices in Chicago, |
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Illinois, to work in labor relations; in 1969, he moved to Fort |
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Worth, where he was employed as an industrial engineer for 28 years |
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and notably developed computerized methods for estimating machine |
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work; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. Estes was blessed with two |
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sons, Robert and David, two granddaughters, Emily and Elizabeth, |
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and a great-granddaughter, Caroline, along with many nieces and |
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nephews; he loved the outdoors and enjoyed taking hunting trips |
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with his sons and granddaughters; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Bob Estes is deeply missed, he will forever |
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be remembered with great admiration and affection by those he |
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leaves behind; 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 life of Robert Marion Estes |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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sons, Robert Franklin Estes and his wife, Linda, and David Carlton |
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Estes and his wife, Marybeth; to his granddaughters, Emily Ann |
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Bolender and her husband, Gabriel, and Elizabeth Ann Estes; to his |
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great-granddaughter, Caroline Olivia Bolender; to his |
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sister-in-law, Bobbie Hull; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Robert |
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Marion Estes. |