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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Houston businessman and community leader Marvin |
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Glenn Smith passed away on October 29, 2012, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Mont Belvieu on November 10, 1931, to Osemon |
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and Eva Smith, Glenn Smith graduated from the University of Houston |
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with a degree in diesel engineering; he served his country in the |
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U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956 and was then employed as a glass |
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salesman for two companies and as a sales manager for the F. H. |
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Maloney Company and Ramtec Industries; subsequently, he owned his |
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own building materials business for a decade before retiring in |
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1992; Mr. Smith held two patents for window gaskets, and his gaskets |
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were used in many office buildings around the country; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan served his community in a number |
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of capacities; a member of the board of trustees of the Spring |
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Branch Medical Center and a charter director with the Spring Branch |
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Management District, he also presided over the Spring Oaks Civic |
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Association and the Spring Branch East Super Neighborhood |
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organization; in addition, he served as a commissioner for the |
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softball teams in the Spring Branch Memorial Sports Association and |
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as a coach for the softball team on which his daughters played; he |
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was an avid hunter, fisherman, and golfer; and |
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WHEREAS, Glenn Smith was the devoted husband of Lois Ann Shay |
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Smith, his wife of nearly six decades, and he took pride in their |
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two children, Joy Lynne and Susan Elaine, and in their three |
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grandchildren, Kevin, Kelly, and Charlee; and |
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WHEREAS, Through the years, Glenn Smith provided the civic |
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leadership that is essential to the success of our communities, and |
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he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who were |
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privileged to know him; 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 Marvin Glenn Smith and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Lois Ann Shay Smith; to his daughters, Joy Lynne Smith Tilton and |
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her husband, Barry, and Dr. Susan Elaine Smith Nagihara and her |
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husband, Dr. Seiichi Nagihara; to his grandchildren, Kevin |
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Threlkeld and his wife, Chessa, Kelly Nagihara, and Charlee Fisher |
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and her husband, J. Cat; to his brother, Royce Smith, and his wife, |
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Jo; to his niece, Gloria Enloe, and her husband, Dennis; and to his |
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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 Marvin |
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Glenn Smith. |
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Bohac |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1987 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 17, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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