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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Matthew |
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Thomas Young of Lindale, who passed away on January 5, 2025, at the |
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age of 49; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on March 19, 1975, in Paris, to Tom and Debbie |
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Young, Matt Young grew up with the companionship of two sisters, |
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Jessica and Kathleen; in 1993, he graduated as salutatorian from |
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Sulphur Springs High School, where he was a member of the student |
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council as well as the football and basketball teams; he went on to |
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receive a bachelor's degree in kinesiology from The University of |
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Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, After college, Mr. Young embarked on a rewarding |
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career in education that spanned 27 years; along the way, he worked |
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at high schools in Sulphur Springs, Gainesville, Denton, Cooper, |
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and Van, where he taught a variety of math classes and coached |
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football, track, basketball, and baseball; he further served his |
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profession as a member of the Texas High School Coaches |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, In 2001, Mr. Young married the former Jamie McGraw; |
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the couple shared a fulfilling union that spanned more than two |
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decades and were the proud parents of five children, Rorie, Khira, |
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Tate, Zack, and Kymora; a man of faith, Mr. Young was a devoted |
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congregant of First United Methodist Church in Mt. Sylvan, and in |
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his leisure time, he enjoyed cooking, reading, playing golf, |
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hosting dinner and game nights, and traveling with loved ones; and |
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WHEREAS, While Matt Young will be deeply missed, his |
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contributions as an educator, a family man, and a valued member of |
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his community will long be treasured by all those who had the good |
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fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature, 2nd |
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Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Matthew Thomas |
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Young and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Jamie Young; to his children, Rorie, Khira, Tate, Zack, |
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and Kymora Young; to his parents, Tom and Debbie Young; to his |
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sisters, Jessica Swatsell and her husband, Chad, and Kathleen Wade |
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and her husband, A. B.; to his in-laws, Jimmie and Renee McGraw; and |
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to his many other relatives and 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 Senate adjourns this |
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day, it do so in memory of Matt Young. |