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CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the loss of the Reverend Clinton Roderick Dobson of Arlington, who |
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died on March 3, 2011, at the age of 28; and |
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WHEREAS, Clint Dobson was born in Webster on July 15, 1982, to |
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Roderick and Sharon Dobson, and he grew up in Clear Lake, where his |
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father worked as a NASA contractor; he played football and baseball |
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at Clear Lake High School, graduating in 2000, and attended |
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University Baptist Church; he loved working on projects with his |
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father, and he taught himself to play both the guitar and the piano; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, While attending Baylor University, Mr. Dobson met |
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the love of his life, Laura Rozeman, whom he would later marry; it |
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was also during those years that he first felt called to the |
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ministry; after earning his bachelor's degree in psychology in |
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2004, he continued his studies at Baylor's George W. Truett |
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Theological Seminary; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Dobson served as an intern in the apartment |
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ministry of his hometown church for two summers; his focus was on |
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at-risk youth, and he was known for his sensitive and caring |
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approach; he spent his final year of seminary as pastor of Purmela |
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Baptist Church before graduating with a master of divinity degree |
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in 2008; his gifts as a minister were already apparent, and he was |
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named the school's Preacher of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, This dedicated young man subsequently became the |
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lead pastor at NorthPointe Church, a satellite church of First |
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Baptist Church of Arlington, and he endeared himself to the |
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congregation with his warm demeanor, eloquent sermons, and tireless |
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efforts in behalf of the powerless and impoverished; and |
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WHEREAS, Exuberant and joyful, Clint Dobson dedicated his |
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life to sharing his profound religious faith and to helping the less |
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fortunate, and he leaves behind a legacy of compassion and service |
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to others that will forever endure in the hearts of all who knew and |
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loved him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 82nd Legislature of the State of Texas |
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hereby pay tribute to the memory of the Reverend Clinton Roderick |
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Dobson and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Laura Rozeman Dobson; to his parents, Roderick and Sharon |
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Dobson; to his brother and sister-in-law, Chris and Melissa |
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Kirchmer; to his sister and brother-in-law, Sarah and Rob Mitchell; |
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to his grandmother, Marie Killian; to his uncles, Steve Killian and |
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his wife, Linda, and Alan Killian and his wife, Debra; to his |
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nieces, Kate Kirchmer and Ella Mitchell; to his nephew, Trevin |
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Sonnier; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it |
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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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Clint Dobson. |