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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 Jesse |
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Robert Woody of Carrollton, who died on June 2, 2011, at the age of |
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87; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Robert and Ola Mae Woody, Jesse Woody was |
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born in Mineola on August 12, 1923; he served as a gunner's mate in |
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the United States Navy during World War II and fought in the Pacific |
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theater; after demobilization, he returned home and became the |
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successful proprietor of four Woody's White Auto Store locations as |
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well as a number of real estate, investment, aluminum, and granite |
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companies; most of the buildings in downtown Carrollton passed |
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through his ownership at one time or another, and he was a partner |
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in the Four Square Building for several years; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Woody was dedicated to his community and |
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possessed natural leadership ability; from 1964 to 1972, he served |
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on the Carrollton City Council, and he was mayor pro tempore for two |
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years; he was a member of the Metrocrest Hospital Authority board |
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for more than two decades and served as chair, and he also sat on the |
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boards of numerous banks; and |
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WHEREAS, A kind and caring man, Jesse Woody made a positive |
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impact on Carrollton through his civic engagement, and those who |
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were fortunate enough to know him will forever treasure their |
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memories of time spent in his company; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Jesse Robert Woody and extend sincere condolences to the members of |
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his family: to his wife of 65 years, Patsy Woody; to his daughter, |
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Linda Woody; to his son, Paul Woody; to his grandsons, Wade and |
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Russell Woody; to his three great-grandchildren; to his sisters, |
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Betty Roberts, Imogene James and her husband, Phil, and Loretta |
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Payne and her husband, Roy; to his brothers, Homer Shockey and his |
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wife, Mary, and Darrell Shockey and his wife, Flo; 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 House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jesse |
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Robert Woody. |
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| Straus |
Gonzales of Williamson |
Morrison |
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| Aliseda |
Gonzalez |
Munoz, Jr. |
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| Anderson of Dallas |
Hancock |
Orr |
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| Anderson of McLennan |
Hardcastle |
Otto |
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| Beck |
Harper-Brown |
Patrick |
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| Bohac |
Hernandez Luna |
Pena |
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| Burkett |
Howard of Fort Bend |
Pitts |
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| Burnam |
Howard of Travis |
Price |
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| Button |
Huberty |
Quintanilla |
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| Callegari |
Hunter |
Reynolds |
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| Christian |
Keffer |
Schwertner |
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| Coleman |
King of Parker |
Scott |
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| Cook |
King of Taylor |
Sheets |
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| Craddick |
King of Zavala |
Sheffield |
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| Creighton |
Kleinschmidt |
Shelton |
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| Crownover |
Kolkhorst |
Simpson |
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| Darby |
Kuempel |
Smith of Harris |
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| Davis of Dallas |
Landtroop |
Smith of Tarrant |
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| J. Davis of Harris |
Larson |
Smithee |
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| S. Davis of Harris |
Laubenberg |
Solomons |
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| Driver |
Legler |
Taylor of Collin |
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| Dukes |
Lewis |
Taylor of Galveston |
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| Farias |
Mallory Caraway |
Veasey |
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| Frullo |
Martinez Fischer |
Weber |
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| Giddings |
Miller of Comal |
Zedler |
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| Gonzales of Hidalgo |
Miller of Erath |
Zerwas |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 202 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on June 28, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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