SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 23
	In Memory
	of
	Justice C. Anderson
	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the
	citizens of Fort Worth in mourning the loss of Justice C.
	Anderson, who died December 29, 2012, at the age of 83; and
	WHEREAS, Justice Anderson was born February 13, 1929, in
	Bay City; he attended Baylor University and married Mary Ann
	Elmore while they were both students; he earned degrees in
	English literature and history before receiving a master of
	divinity degree and a doctoral degree in theology from
	Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Anderson and his wife served as missionaries
	in Argentina from 1959 to 1974, during which time he was a
	professor of church history and homiletics at the International
	Baptist Theological Seminary in Buenos Aires and president of the
	Argentine Baptist Mission; his three-volume Historia de los
	Bautistas, the Spanish-language Baptist history published in
	1990, is used in seminaries around the world; and
	WHEREAS, He returned to the United States in 1974 and
	joined the faculty of the Southwestern Baptist Theological
	Seminary as the George W. Bottoms Professor of Missions; in 1980,
	he founded the World Missions Center at the seminary, where he
	taught future missionaries between his many travels; and
	WHEREAS,
	WHEREAS, As a missionary, Justice Anderson visited more
	than 60 countries and survived several government coups; a man of
	courage, strength, and compassion, he will be remembered for his
	deep and abiding faith, his supportive nature, and his enthusiasm
	for living each day to the fullest; and
	WHEREAS,
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
	family of Justice C. Anderson; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
	Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
	memory of Justice C. Anderson.
	Davis
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		President of the Senate
		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on January 23, 2013, by
		a rising vote.
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		Secretary of the Senate
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		Member, Texas Senate