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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr. is being |
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laid to rest at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen |
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on March 12, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Shotwell |
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distinguished himself through his service in the army from December |
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6, 1963, to December 5, 1966; he died on November 20, 2018, at the |
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age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Mr. Shotwell had no |
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known surviving family to oversee his interment, but through the |
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efforts of the Unaccompanied Veterans Program of the Texas Veterans |
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Land Board, he will be buried with military honors at the Central |
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Texas State Veterans Cemetery in coordination with Crotty Funeral |
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Home in Belton and the Fort Hood Casualty Office; and |
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WHEREAS, Demonstrating the selfless devotion to duty that |
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exemplifies our nation's military personnel, Major Lee Shotwell Jr. |
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served his country with distinction, and his fellow citizens owe |
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him an eternal debt of gratitude for his contributions and |
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sacrifice; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Major Lee Shotwell |
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Jr.; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That when the Texas House of Representatives |
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adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mr. Shotwell. |
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Bonnen of Brazoria |
Guerra |
Oliverson |
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Allison |
Gutierrez |
Pacheco |
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Bell of Kaufman |
Hinojosa |
Phelan |
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Bell of Montgomery |
Holland |
Price |
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Bonnen of Galveston |
E. Johnson of Dallas |
Rodriguez |
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Bowers |
J. Johnson of Dallas |
Romero, Jr. |
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Buckley |
Johnson of Harris |
Rose |
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Burns |
King of Hemphill |
Sanford |
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Burrows |
King of Parker |
Schaefer |
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Button |
King of Uvalde |
Shaheen |
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Calanni |
Krause |
Sherman, Sr. |
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Capriglione |
Lambert |
Smith |
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Coleman |
Larson |
Stephenson |
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Craddick |
Longoria |
Swanson |
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Davis of Dallas |
Martinez |
Thompson of Brazoria |
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Davis of Harris |
Martinez Fischer |
Thompson of Harris |
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Dominguez |
Meza |
Turner of Dallas |
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Dutton |
Middleton |
Turner of Tarrant |
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González of Dallas |
Neave |
Zerwas |
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González of El Paso |
Nevárez |
Zwiener |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 792 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on March 12, 2019. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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