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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Ralph H. Burnette of Arlington, who passed away on February 6, |
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2012, at the age of 78; and |
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WHEREAS, Ralph Burnette was employed as a data processing |
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manager for General Motors and Electronic Data Systems for more |
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than three and a half decades; a talented musician, he served as a |
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music director for churches in Georgia and California for several |
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years and played guitar in a gospel and country music group for |
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senior citizens; he was a member of First Baptist Church of |
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Arlington; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was the devoted husband of |
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Virginia Burnette, with whom he shared a rewarding marriage of 57 |
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years; he also took great pride in his children, Rhonda and Gregory, |
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and treasured his five grandchildren, Joshua, Rachel, Sarah, Nikki, |
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and Dustin, and his three great-grandchildren, Marley, Levi, and |
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Jake; and |
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WHEREAS, Ralph Burnette lived a full and generous life, and |
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those who were blessed to share in his love and affection will |
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forever hold him close in their hearts; 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 life of Ralph H. Burnette and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Virginia McCullough Burnette; to his daughter, Rhonda |
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Barnett, and her husband, Michael; to his son, Gregory Burnette, |
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and his wife, Johnna; to his grandchildren, Joshua, Rachel, Sarah, |
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Nikki, and Dustin; to his great-grandchildren, Marley, Levi, and |
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Jake; to his sister, Morene Whitworth, and her husband, Virlyn; and |
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to his other relatives and 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 Ralph H. |
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Burnette. |
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Patrick |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 30 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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vote of the House on February 18, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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