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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of San Augustine are mourning the loss |
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of Woodrow Wayne "Woody" Harrison, who passed away on December 14, |
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2014, at the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Houston on November 19, 1942, to Woodrow and |
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Lucille Harrison, Woody Harrison attended St. Thomas High School |
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and went on to earn a bachelor of science degree and a double |
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master's degree in management and public administration; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Harrison served his country for more than four |
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decades, first as a military officer and then as a private |
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contractor; a graduate of the Command and General Staff College of |
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the U.S. Army, this patriotic Texan flew more than 400 combat |
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missions in Vietnam as an army helicopter pilot; after leaving the |
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military, he became an engineering services contractor, working on |
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various projects for the Pentagon; he received a number of |
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commendations for his work with the Department of Defense, |
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including the prestigious Legion of Merit award; and |
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WHEREAS, Following his retirement, Mr. Harrison moved back |
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to Texas and became a prominent civic leader, assuming a number of |
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leadership positions in the community; these roles included |
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president of the chamber of commerce, post commander of the |
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Veterans of Foreign Wars, president of the Main Street Advisory |
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Board, and county chairman of the Republican Party; he was also an |
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active member of the San Augustine Historical Society; in |
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recognition of his outstanding service to his fellow citizens, he |
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was named the 2012 Community Impact Volunteer of the Year for East |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, In his spare time, Mr. Harrison pursued his passion |
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for the performing arts, entertaining audiences at community |
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theaters and at military venues around the world; he was a talented |
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guitar player and vocalist and performed with a number of musical |
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groups, from his high school rock-and-roll band to barbershop |
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quartets; and |
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WHEREAS, While Woody Harrison is deeply missed by all those |
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who were privileged to know him, his legacy lives on in the |
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community he was proud to call home; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Woodrow Wayne |
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Harrison and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Glenda Harrison; to his son, Houston W. W. Harrison; to |
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his daughter, Divini Creech; to his granddaughter, Misty Creech; to |
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his brother, Rick Harrison, and his wife, Debbie; to his |
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brother-in-law, Robert Ramey, and his wife, Sheila; and to his |
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other relatives and many friends; and, be it 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 Woodrow |
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Wayne Harrison. |
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Ashby |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 109 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on February 19, 2015. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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