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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the |
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passing of OC Jackson III on December 31, 2022, at the age of 21; and |
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WHEREAS, OC Jackson was born on June 26, 2001, to |
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OC Jackson Jr. and Sharon Graham Jackson, and he grew up with the |
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companionship of a sister, Arnada; he attended Mt. Hebron Christian |
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Academy in Garland, where he excelled in the yearly oratorical |
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contest and discovered his love for public speaking; a 2019 |
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graduate of Garland High School, he belonged to the National Honor |
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Society, the Performing Arts Endorsement Program, and the |
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International Baccalaureate Theatre Program; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Jackson |
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joined the U.S. Navy in June 2019; following his completion of boot |
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camp, he was stationed in Florida and received his job assignment as |
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a cryptologist; he later relocated to Georgia and was deployed to |
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the USS Kearsarge, serving aboard the naval carrier for three and a |
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half years and rising to the rank of petty officer 2nd class E-5; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson professed his faith at an early age, and |
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he was a valued congregant of North Garland Baptist Fellowship; he |
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attended the men's ministry Sunday school class and was actively |
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involved with the youth ministry and Awana Clubs; moreover, he was a |
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spokesman for the Bowtie Boys, and during his time with the |
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organization, he had the honor of crossing the Edmund Pettus Bridge |
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in Selma, Alabama, in observance of the 50th anniversary of the |
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brutal police assault on civil rights demonstrators that spurred |
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the passage of the Voting Rights Act; and |
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WHEREAS, Although his journey on this earth ended far too |
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soon, OC Jackson made the world a brighter place for those who were |
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fortunate enough to know him, and they will forever keep his memory |
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alive in their hearts; 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 life of OC Jackson III and |
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extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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parents, OC Jackson Jr. and Sharon Graham Jackson; to his sister, |
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Arnada Synice Marchet Jackson; to his grandmother, Marine Singleton |
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Jackson; to his grandfather, Hampton Graham; to his best friend, |
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Forrest Andrew Coleman; and to his many other relatives and |
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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 OC Jackson. |