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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 250
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In Memory |
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David Frost |
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close on |
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January 21, 2025, with the passing of David Wayne Frost of |
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Longview at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Henry Franklin Frost and Lena Mae |
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Pierce Frost, Wayne Frost was born in a farmhouse near Itasca in |
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1935; he spent his formative years in the Rio Grande Valley, |
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graduating from Edinburg High School before going on to attend |
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Pan American Regional College and Texas Tech University; he |
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earned a degree in petroleum engineering from Texas Tech |
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University in 1958; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his graduation, Mr. Frost served in the |
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United States Army, and while stationed at Fort Gordon in |
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Augusta, Georgia, he met the love of his life, the former Freida |
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Hamilton Strauss; the couple exchanged vows on December 29, 1959, |
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and they went on to share a rewarding 65-year marriage; he took |
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great pride in their three children, Sharla, Shelly, and David, |
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and he had the pleasure of seeing his family eventually grow to |
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include nine grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Frost began his 31-year tenure with the Sun |
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Oil Company as a petroleum engineer, working in the Rio Grande |
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Valley and Longview before receiving his final assignment as an |
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operations manager in Edmond, Oklahoma; active in his |
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communities, he served on the Pine Tree Independent School |
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District Board of Trustees and the Longview City Council, and he |
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also coached various youth sports; as the parents of three Baylor |
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alumni, he and his wife were involved with a number of the |
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school's organizations, and they were named "Baylor Parents of |
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the Year" in 1990; Mr. Frost was also a man of strong faith, and |
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he was a deacon, choir member, and Sunday school teacher at |
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churches in McAllen, Edmond, and Longview; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Wayne Frost brings |
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immeasurable sorrow to his family and friends, he leaves behind a |
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record of service that will long be treasured by all those who |
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held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life of David Wayne Frost |
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and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Freida Frost; to his children, Sharla Frost Struffolino |
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and her husband, Mike, Shelly Frost Joseph and her husband, |
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George Eric, and David Wayne Frost Jr. and his wife, Lyndy; to |
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his brother, Charles Frost; to his grandchildren, Sydney Joseph |
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Brown, Elizabeth Struffolino Buscher, Sadie Joseph, Michael |
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Struffolino, Victoria Frost, Lauren Struffolino, George Aaron |
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Joseph, Caroline Frost, and David Anderson Frost; to his |
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great-grandchildren, Peyton, Mason, Wade, and Lily; and to his |
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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 |
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this day, it do so in memory of Wayne Frost. |
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Hughes |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on March 13, 2025, by a |
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rising vote. |
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________________________________ |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |