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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life came to an end with the |
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death of Tom Weeks Foster of Arlington on December 17, 2011, at the |
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age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, Tom Foster was born in Iredell on August 6, 1920, to |
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Emmett Boyd Foster and Zuellah Weeks Foster; his family moved to |
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Arlington in 1922, and he graduated from Arlington High School and |
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attended North Texas Agricultural and Mechanical College; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty during World War |
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II, Mr. Foster joined the U.S. Army Air Forces, where he worked as a |
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mechanic on the engines of B-26 Marauder aircraft and then was an |
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instructor on the maintenance and repair of the Pratt & Whitney |
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R-2800 engine; and |
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WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Foster returned to Texas and |
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joined his family's wholesale poultry and egg business, and in |
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1970, he started the T. W. Foster Construction company; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1941, Mr. Foster married the former Clevie |
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Winnell Stough, and they shared a fulfilling relationship for |
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nearly 70 years; together they were blessed with 2 children, |
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Rebecca and Tommy, 7 grandchildren, and 11 great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Foster served his community as a trustee and |
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president of the Arlington school board, and Foster Elementary |
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School was named in honor of him and his sister Maude, who was an |
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Arlington ISD teacher; he attended First United Methodist Church in |
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Arlington for nearly his entire life, and he was active on many of |
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the church's boards and committees; in addition, he represented his |
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profession as president of the Fort Worth chapter of the Associated |
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General Contractors of America; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving husband, father, and grandfather, Tom |
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Foster treasured the time he spent in the company of his family and |
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friends, and those he leaves behind will in turn cherish their |
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memories of this kind and caring man; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Tom Weeks Foster and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Clevie Foster; to his daughter, Rebecca Johnson, and her |
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husband, Dick; to his son, Tommy Foster, and his wife, Karen; to his |
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grandchildren, Jeff Coleman, Brett Coleman, Brian Coleman, Heather |
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Sautter, Abby Foster, T. W. Foster III, and Peyton Thomas; to his 11 |
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great-grandchildren; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Tom Weeks |
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Foster. |