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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, S. M. True, Jr., former president of the Texas Farm |
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Bureau, passed away on May 15, 2012, at the age of 88; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Snoden Maddox and Nettie Belle Stalcup |
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True, S. M. True was born in Goree on July 8, 1923, and raised on a |
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farm; in 1933, his family relocated to the Snyder community near |
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Plainview, and he graduated from Plainview High School before |
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enrolling and attending classes at Texas Tech University; when |
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World War II intervened, he enlisted in the U.S. Navy and served as |
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a carrier-based night fighter pilot; and |
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WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. True returned to Hale County |
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and began his career as a farmer; active in the Hale County Farm |
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Bureau for a number of years, he went on to serve on the board of |
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directors of the Texas Farm Bureau; he was elected president of TFB |
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in 1982, and in his 11 years in that post, he made an indelible mark |
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on both the organization and on the greater agricultural community; |
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he oversaw the creation of the TFB AGFUND, which has since become a |
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nationally recognized agriculture political action committee; |
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along the way, he earned a reputation as a passionate advocate for |
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Texas farmers and an effective consensus builder; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to his work with TFB, this esteemed |
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Texan was appointed to the Governor's Task Force on Immigration and |
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Agricultural Development, the Joint Committee on Farmworker |
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Insurance, and the Texas Family Farm and Ranch Advisory Committee; |
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he served on a multitude of agriculture and farm insurance boards, |
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including that of the American Farm Bureau Federation, which |
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honored him with its Meritorious Service Award; among his numerous |
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other accolades were his induction into the State Fair of Texas |
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Heritage Hall of Honor and his recognition as a Distinguished Texan |
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in Agriculture by the Texas A&M University College of Agriculture |
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and Life Sciences; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. True shared more than six rewarding decades with |
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his wife, the former Anna Jean Roberts, whom he married in 1946; the |
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couple were blessed with a son, David; over the years, Mrs. Roberts |
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frequently accompanied her husband to many Texas Farm Bureau events |
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across the state and beyond; and |
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WHEREAS, During his lifetime, S. M. True contributed |
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immeasurably to Texas agriculture, helping to preserve the |
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livelihood of countless farmers across the state, and his legacy |
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will be a continuing source of inspiration for all who knew him; |
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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 S. M. True, Jr., |
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and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his |
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son, David True, and his wife, Linda; to his grandchildren, Blaine |
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True and Larissa True; to his brother, Riley True, and his wife, |
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Margaret; to his sister, Ona Belle Stephens, and her husband, Bill; |
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to his nephew, Mark True, and his wife, Mary; to Eric Plumlee; to |
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Ahmet and Gonul Yilmaz; 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 |
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S. M. True, Jr. |