TITLE: In memory of J. D. Thomas, Jr., of Georgetown.

SUMMARY: In memory of J. D. Thomas, Jr., of Georgetown.

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WHEREAS, The passing of J. D. Thomas, Jr., of Georgetown on August 23, 2010, at the age of 91, concluded a long and productive life spent in service to others; and WHEREAS, Born on June 30, 1919, to J. D. Thomas, Sr., and Laura Belle Harrell Thomas, J. D. Thomas enjoyed the companionship of six sisters and two brothers; he graduated from Georgetown High School in 1937 and later attended Texas A&M University; he left school during World War II to join the U.S. Navy and subsequently saw duty overseas; and WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas received his discharge from the service in 1945 and returned to Georgetown to help manage his family's ranching interests; he went on to serve for a quarter-century as assistant postmaster and postmaster of Georgetown; and WHEREAS, J. D. Thomas contributed to his community as a congregant of the Georgetown Church of Christ, where he was a deacon and elder for 38 years and a song leader for 70 years; he also served on the local school board, sat on the boards of trustees of the Wallie Lock Charitable Foundation and the Hensel Memorial Camp Foundation, and held membership in VFW Post No. 8587; and WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas was married first to Ruby Geraldine Gassaway, who died in 1945; fortunate enough to find love a second time, he wed Ruth Margaret LePori on July 14, 1946, and they shared a richly rewarding union of 64 years; and WHEREAS, A kind and considerate man, J. D. Thomas had an immeasurable impact on the lives of many people, and he will be remembered with deep affection and admiration by all who knew him; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of J. D. Thomas, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Ruth Thomas; to his children and their spouses, Sherron Thomas, Jerry and Janie Thomas, Janie and Lynn Harms, and Margaret and Randy Christian; to his grandchildren and their spouses, Raven and Jeff Green, Elizabeth Harms, Alicia and Matt Black, Anne-Marie and Paul Goetsch, April Harms, and Peter and Philip Christian; to his great-grandchildren, Maddie Green and Kiersten, Kate, and Eli Goetsch; to his siblings and their spouses, Alice and Lee Turner, Anne and Ralph Poteet, Martha Stone, and Bob and Margie Thomas; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of J. D. Thomas, Jr. Schwertner Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 530 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 10, 2011. Chief Clerk of the House