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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close on October |
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18, 2014, with the death of Dr. Richard Earl Morris of Arlington at |
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the age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Morris was born on September 25, 1931, in |
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Woodward, Oklahoma, to Winfield and Sylvia Morris; after graduating |
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from Woodward High School in 1949, he answered his nation's call to |
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duty and joined the U.S. Air Force in 1950; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1955, Richard Morris enrolled at the University |
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of Oklahoma, and he graduated from the university's school of |
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medicine in 1963; that same year, he embarked on his medical career |
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as an intern at Dallas Methodist Hospital, and in 1964, he began his |
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residency at Parkland Memorial Hospital; he joined the |
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Anesthesiology Association of Arlington in 1967 and received his |
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board certification in 1970; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Morris returned to Parkland in 1972 as an |
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associate professor and as the burn unit's head of anesthesiology; |
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the following year, he joined the staff of Dallas Children's |
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Hospital, where he served as head of anesthesiology for the next 11 |
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years; in 1984, he returned to private practice with the |
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Anesthesiology Association of Arlington, and he retired in 2007; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Dr. Morris enjoyed the love |
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and support of his wife, Ann, and of his three daughters; and |
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WHEREAS, While the death of Richard Morris brings |
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immeasurable sorrow to his family and friends, he leaves behind a |
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record of exemplary service that will long be treasured by all those |
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who held him dear; 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 life of Richard Earl Morris |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife of 47 years, Ann Morris; to his daughters, Janna Morris, Shelly |
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Beasecker, and Tami Morris; to his grandchildren, S. Christopher |
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Shipe, Jaquelyne Shipe, Garrett Elliott, Richard Beasecker, and |
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Mitchell Beasecker; to his sister, Opal Dunsworth; and to his other |
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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 |
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Dr. Richard Earl Morris. |