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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of John Poe |
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of Moody, who passed away on April 4, 2011, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, John Poe was born in Coryell County on June 17, 1923, |
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to Thomas Riley Poe and Edna Izora Alton Poe; he grew up in Eddy and |
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attended schools in Tick Hill and Moody before graduating from Eddy |
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High School; and |
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WHEREAS, Joined in matrimony to the former Catherine Morris |
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in 1944, Mr. Poe shared a rewarding relationship with his wife that |
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spanned 66 years, and he was the proud father of three children, |
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Dianna, John, and Thomas; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Poe farmed in the Moody area until 1960, when he |
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joined Hooker Construction Company; employed as a commercial |
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carpenter for 31 years, he also held membership in Carpenters Local |
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622 in Waco; he was later employed by the Moody Independent School |
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District and retired as maintenance director in 1999; and |
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WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith as well, he served as |
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the Sunday school director and song leader at Liberty Hill Baptist |
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Church and went on to join the First Baptist Church of Moody, where |
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he served as a deacon and as a teacher in the youth department and |
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the men's Bible class; he also benefited his community as a member |
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of the Moody School Board, and he took pleasure in spending time |
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outdoors hunting, fishing, and working with livestock; and |
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WHEREAS, John Poe will be deeply missed, and cherished |
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memories of time spent in his company will long endure in the hearts |
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of those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of John Poe and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Catherine Poe; to his daughter, Dianna Kay Vinson, and her husband, |
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Bill; to his sons, John Morris Poe and his wife, Deborah, and Thomas |
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Riley Poe and his wife, Martha; to his 7 grandchildren and 15 |
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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 John Poe. |
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Anderson of McLennan |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1941 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 19, 2011. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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