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R E S O L U T I O N
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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 Longview |
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at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Henry Franklin Frost and Lena Mae Pierce |
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Frost, Wayne Frost was born in a farmhouse near Itasca in 1935; he |
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spent his formative years in the Rio Grande Valley, graduating from |
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Edinburg High School before going on to attend Pan American |
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Regional College and Texas Tech University; he earned a degree in |
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petroleum engineering from Texas Tech 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 Augusta, |
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Georgia, he met the love of his life, the former Freida Hamilton |
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Strauss; the couple exchanged vows on December 29, 1959, and they |
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went on to share a rewarding 65-year marriage; he took great pride |
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in their three children, Sharla, Shelly, and David, and he had the |
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pleasure of seeing his family eventually grow to include nine |
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grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Frost began his 31-year tenure with the Sun Oil |
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Company as a petroleum engineer, working in the Rio Grande Valley |
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and Longview before receiving his final assignment as an operations |
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manager in Edmond, Oklahoma; active in his communities, he served |
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on the Pine Tree Independent School District Board of Trustees and |
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the Longview City Council, and he also coached various youth |
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sports; as the parents of three Baylor alumni, he and his wife were |
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involved with a number of the school's organizations, and they were |
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named "Baylor Parents of the Year" in 1990; Mr. Frost was also a man |
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of strong faith, and he was a deacon, choir member, and Sunday |
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school teacher at churches in McAllen, Edmond, and Longview; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Wayne Frost brings immeasurable |
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sorrow to his family and friends, he leaves behind a record of |
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service that will long be treasured by all those who held him dear; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 89th Texas Legislature |
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hereby pay tribute to the life of David Wayne Frost and extend |
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heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Freida Frost; to his children, Sharla Frost Struffolino and her |
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husband, Mike, Shelly Frost Joseph and her husband, George Eric, |
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and David Wayne Frost Jr. and his wife, Lyndy; to his brother, |
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Charles Frost; to his grandchildren, Sydney Joseph Brown, Elizabeth |
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Struffolino Buscher, Sadie Joseph, Michael Struffolino, Victoria |
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Frost, Lauren Struffolino, George Aaron Joseph, Caroline Frost, and |
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David Anderson Frost; to his great-grandchildren, Peyton, Mason, |
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Wade, and Lily; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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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 Wayne Frost. |