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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their |
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memories of the Reverend Henry Lee Pendergrass of Midland, who |
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passed away on July 5, 2024, at the age of 67; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Robert and Mary Pendergrass, Henry |
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Pendergrass was born in Pittsburg on August 18, 1956, and he grew up |
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with the companionship of three siblings, Keith, Virginia, and |
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Peter; he learned the value of hard work at a young age by helping |
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out on his family's ranch, and after attending Austin College, he |
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completed his master of divinity degree at Virginia Theological |
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Seminary; a gifted preacher and teacher, he began his ministry in |
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Dallas as a curate at St. Luke's Episcopal Church and an interim |
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priest at Holy Cross Episcopal Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Reverend Pendergrass went on to serve at the Bishop |
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Mason Retreat Center in Flower Mound, where he planted Saint |
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Nicholas Episcopal Church in 1998; in 2006, he transferred to the |
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Anglican Church and planted Church of the Resurrection in Flower |
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Mound; seven years later, he answered the call to serve Christ |
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Church Anglican in Midland; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Reverend Pendergrass enjoyed |
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the love and support of his wife, Colleen; the couple married in |
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1995, and they were blessed with two daughters, Abigail and |
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Elizabeth; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Henry Pendergrass is deeply missed, the |
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passage of time will never diminish the joy and inspiration that he |
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brought into the lives of all who knew him; 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 memory of the Reverend Henry |
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Lee Pendergrass and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Colleen Pendergrass; to his daughters, Abigail |
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Lebron and her husband, Jhaivony, and Elizabeth Pendergrass; to his |
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siblings, Keith Pendergrass and his wife, Juli, Virginia Lannen, |
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and Peter Pendergrass and his wife, Desiree; and to his other |
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relatives and many 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 Henry |
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Pendergrass. |