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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of former state representative Robert Lewis Fairchild of |
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Center on December 1, 2019, at the age of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Robert Carl Fairchild and Anna Dagma |
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Lewis Fairchild, Bob Fairchild was born in Beaumont on January 31, |
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1929, and grew up in Chester; he completed both his bachelor's |
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degree in business administration and his law degree at The |
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University of Texas at Austin; in 1953, he co-founded the Center law |
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firm known today as Fairchild, Price, Haley & Smith; he was admitted |
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to practice before the U.S. Supreme Court and Fifth Circuit Court of |
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Appeals, among other venues; dedicated to his profession, he served |
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as president of the Shelby County Bar Association, and he was a |
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member of the East Texas Chapter of the American Board of Trial |
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Advocates and a Fellow of the Texas Bar Foundation; in 1994, he |
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retired from his practice, and nine years later, he was honored by |
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the State Bar for 50 years of service to the organization; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Fairchild served in the Texas House from 1961 to |
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1965; during his tenure, he chaired both the General Investigating |
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and Judicial Districts Committees, and he was a member of a number |
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of other committees; he further benefited his fellow citizens as |
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president of the Shelby County Chamber of Commerce, and he helped |
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organize Little League baseball in his community; a deacon of First |
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Baptist Church since 1979, he taught the Fellowship Class for many |
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years as well; and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, Mr. Fairchild shared a |
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fulfilling marriage with his wife, Patsy; they were the parents of |
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four children, Robert, Jan Ellen, David, and Karla, and they were |
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blessed with six grandchildren, Carrie, RC, Philip, Matt, Britney, |
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and Eric, as well as numerous great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Bob Fairchild is deeply missed, he left |
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behind a legacy that will long be treasured by all those who held |
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him dear; 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 Robert Lewis |
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Fairchild and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; and, be |
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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 the |
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Honorable Robert Lewis Fairchild. |