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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 death of Joe Herman Weinberg of Marshall on |
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May 18, 2025, at the age of 86; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Joseph Harris Weinberg and Nell Davis |
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Weinberg, Joe Weinberg was born in Kilgore on February 4, 1939, and |
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he grew up with the companionship of two brothers, George and John, |
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and a sister, Mary; a member of the Kilgore High School Class of |
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1957, he went on to earn a business degree from North Texas State |
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University in 1962; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Weinberg embarked on a long and rewarding career |
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in retail when he joined Weinberg's, his family's menswear store in |
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downtown Kilgore; in 1969, he founded Oil Center Uniform Company in |
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Lafayette, Louisiana, and three years later, he purchased and |
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managed the historic Joe Weisman and Company department store in |
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Marshall; he later expanded into ventures in Texarkana and |
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Shreveport, Louisiana; warm, outgoing, and a natural salesman, he |
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had the ability to make his customers feel appreciated, and he |
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brought his sharp fashion sense to each of his businesses; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Weinberg enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, the former Gayle Littlefield, with whom he |
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shared 65 years of marriage; he was the devoted father of two sons, |
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Trey and Russell, and over the years, his cherished family grew to |
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include six grandchildren and three great-grandchildren; his |
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favorite pastimes included golf, fishing, reading, and bridge |
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nights with friends; and |
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WHEREAS, Joe Weinberg appreciated life's simple pleasures |
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and treasured the richness that each day brought, and he will long |
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be remembered with deep affection by all who knew him; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 1st |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Joe Herman |
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Weinberg and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Gayle Weinberg; to his sons, Joe "Trey" Herman |
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Weinberg Jr. and John Russell Weinberg; to his siblings, George |
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Weinberg and his wife, Pam, and Mary Nell Weinberg Fried and her |
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husband, Jack; to his grandchildren, Joseph, Jonathon, Andrew, |
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John, Sloane, and Shea; to his great-grandchildren, Sebastian, |
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Jonathan, and Thomas; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Joe Weinberg. |