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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 397
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WHEREAS, The 91st birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly |
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cause for celebration, and Wilbur Ethridge Adams is reaching that |
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impressive milestone on April 5, 2019; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Harleton in 1928, "Bill" Adams is the |
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youngest son of Joseph and Susan Adams, and he grew up with six |
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siblings, Susie, John, Joseph, Edgar, Annie, and Frances, on |
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their father's farm in Harrison County; answering his nation's |
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call to duty during World War II, he tried to register for the |
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draft in 1943, but at the age of 15, he was too young; he later |
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joined the army in 1945 and served in the Philippines with the |
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United States Army Corps of Engineers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Adams settled in Dallas following his |
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military service and worked as a cable car driver and a delivery |
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driver for Mrs. Baird's bread; he married Bobbie Jean Dupree, and |
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the couple became the proud parents of two children, Vivian and |
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David; in the mid-1960s, the family moved to Mineola, where |
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Mr. Adams embarked on a long and successful career with the Texas |
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Highway Department, ultimately retiring in the early 1990s; and |
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WHEREAS, After his first wife passed away in 2003, |
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Mr. Adams relocated to Tyler; fortunate to find love again, he |
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married Deborah Richardson Horton in 2006; today, he enjoys |
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playing poker with his friends and visiting the riverboat casinos |
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in Bossier City, Louisiana, and in 2018, he had the pleasure of |
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traveling with his wife and two of his grandchildren to London |
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and Paris; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Adams has witnessed a panorama of change over |
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the course of more than nine decades, and he has met life's |
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challenges and opportunities with resilience and optimism, |
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earning the deep admiration of all who are privileged to know |
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him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th |
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Legislature, hereby congratulate Wilbur Ethridge Adams on his |
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91st birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued |
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happiness; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be |
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prepared for Mr. Adams as an expression of high regard by the |
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Texas Senate. |
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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 14, 2019. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |