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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 James Roy Marquess on January 26, 2025, at the age of 85; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Harry Clyde Marquess and Frances Beatrice |
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Rather Marquess, Jim Marquess was born in Temple on September 18, |
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1939, and grew up with an older brother, Don; he started school in |
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Palacios and attended San Marcos Baptist Military Academy; after |
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graduating from Lafayette High School in Louisiana, he earned his |
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bachelor's degree from The University of Texas at Austin and his MBA |
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from East Texas State University; he served in the United States Air |
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Force Reserve for six years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Marquess was employed in management by three |
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Fortune 500 companies before starting his own company; in later |
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years, he focused on consulting and helping others establish new |
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businesses; after retiring, he centered his life around his |
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treasured family and his faith; he shared a fulfilling 40-year |
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relationship with his wife, the former Rita Rogers, and he took |
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great pride in his six children and six grandchildren; a valued |
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member of Trinity Episcopal Church in Marble Falls, he served the |
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congregation on a number of boards and commissions; he was also a |
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Life Member of the Texas Exes; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Jim Marquess is greatly missed, he has left |
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his family and friends with many cherished memories, and he will |
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forever hold a special place in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of James Roy Marquess and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Rita Rogers Marquess; to his children, Ryan Marquess and his wife, |
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Sarah, Debi Gonzalez and her husband, Vidal, Greg Marquess, Tyler |
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Marquess, Aimee Whitaker and her husband, Josh, and Kellie Hogan |
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and her husband, John; to his grandchildren, Olivia, Jackson, |
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Austin, Lucas, Finn, and Harrison; and to his 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 Jim |
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Marquess. |