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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Charles Emmett Cheever Jr. of San Antonio, an |
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esteemed Texan and friend to many, passed away on October 29, 2021, |
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at the age of 93; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Charles E. Cheever Sr. and Elizabeth |
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Daley Cheever, Charlie Cheever was born on May 17, 1928, on an army |
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base in Manila, Philippines; he graduated from the U.S. Military |
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Academy at West Point in 1949 and went on to serve as a pilot |
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instructor in the U.S. Air Force and as a lieutenant colonel in the |
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Air Force Reserve; in 1957, he graduated from The University of |
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Texas School of Law; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cheever subsequently joined his father at |
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Broadway Bank, first serving as vice president and later as |
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president and as chairman and CEO; following his retirement in |
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2005, he was named chairman emeritus; over the course of his career, |
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he guided the bank through an economic recession and played an |
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instrumental role in a number of innovations that helped the |
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institution to become the largest independently owned bank in San |
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Antonio; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in his community, Mr. Cheever held |
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leadership positions with a number of civic and professional |
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organizations, including the San Fernando Cathedral Restoration |
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Project, the Challenger Learning Center at San Antonio College, the |
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Texas Bankers Association, and the Bexar County Hospital District; |
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additionally, he was a founding co-chair of the San Antonio |
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Education Partnership and trustee emeritus of the University of the |
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Incarnate Word; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Cheever and his first wife, Sally, shared more |
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than five decades together before her passing; fortunate enough to |
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find love again, he wed Nancy Jones Shary in 2005; the devoted |
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father of 6 children, Suzanne, Cece, Jean, Joan, Charlie, and |
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Christopher, he later welcomed into his family 9 grandchildren, |
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Sara, Carrie, Cy, Kate, Daley, Austin, Helen, Hope, and Emmett, and |
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10 great-grandchildren; a man of deep faith, he was a valued |
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congregant of St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Charlie Cheever lived a life that was rich in |
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personal and professional achievements, and he will forever be a |
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source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be |
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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 Charles Emmett |
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Cheever Jr. and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his |
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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 Charlie |
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Cheever. |
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Lopez of Bexar |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 186 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 8, 2023. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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