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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 may help to comfort |
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those saddened by the passing of the Reverend Dr. George V. Clark of |
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Austin on April 21, 2022, at the age of 92; and |
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WHEREAS, George Clark was born to the Reverend Amos Clark and |
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Helen Rutledge Clark in Webberville on July 24, 1929; following a |
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tour of duty in the military, he earned a bachelor's degree from |
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Huston-Tillotson University and a master of divinity degree at the |
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Seminary of the Southwest; he completed his education at The |
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University of Texas at Austin and the Andover Newton Seminary at |
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Yale University, and he received an honorary doctorate from |
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Huston-Tillotson; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend Clark was ordained as a minister at College |
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Heights Baptist Church in Austin, and he served as pastor for |
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St. Mary's Baptist Church in Pflugerville and Sweet Home Baptist |
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Church in Round Rock; in 1970, he assumed the pulpit of Mt. Zion |
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Baptist Church in Austin, where for half a century he ably guided |
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the congregation; he was also involved in a number of faith-based |
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organizations; in addition to his pastoral work, he was a teacher in |
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the Round Rock Independent School District, and he held several |
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positions with the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, including |
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director of training and director of the Office of Civil Rights; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Reverend Clark enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife, Bobbie Jean Higgins Clark, with whom |
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he shared a fulfilling union that spanned more than 40 years until |
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her passing in 2001; he took great pride in his two children, Vicki |
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and Vincent, and he had the pleasure of seeing his family grow to |
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include three grandchildren, Tony, Sydney, and Mary, and three |
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great-grandchildren, Carlton, Amari, and Antoni; and |
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WHEREAS, George Clark lived a rich and purposeful life |
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centered around his faith and his family, and he will long be |
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remembered with deep affection by those who had the pleasure to know |
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him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of the Reverend |
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Dr. George V. Clark and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn |
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his passing; 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 the |
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Reverend Dr. George Clark. |