TITLE: Congratulating Dr. Henry L. Dugat Sr. and Bennie Lee Dugat on their 55th wedding anniversary.

SUMMARY: Congratulating Dr. Henry L. Dugat Sr. and Bennie Lee Dugat on their 55th wedding anniversary.

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WHEREAS, A 55th wedding anniversary marks a lifetime of love and shared experiences, and Bennie Lee Dugat and Dr. Henry L. Dugat Sr. are celebrating this joyous milestone in their marriage on May 21, 2015; and WHEREAS, Henry Dugat, the son of Johnny Dugat Sr. and Catherine Rundless, and the former Bennie Lee Durham, daughter of Luella Durham and Jeffery Durham, met as students in the fifth grade and have remained inseparable ever since; they graduated from Liberty Training High School in 1958 and were united in matrimony in 1960 at a ceremony held at Trinity Valley Missionary Baptist Church; and WHEREAS, Through the years, the Dugats have been blessed with a treasured family that includes five children, Cynthia Mosley and her husband, Amos, Henry L. Dugat Jr. and his wife, Gladys, Daphne Faye Dickerson and her husband, Kenneth, Alonzo E. Dugat Sr. and his wife, Betty, and Christopher D. Dugat Sr. and his wife, Angelique, as well as 21 grandchildren and 24 great-grandchildren; and WHEREAS, A leader in his community, Dr. Dugat helped to establish the Lamar University satellite campus in Liberty that eventually became a branch of Prairie View A&M University, and he served as administrative director of both institutions; moreover, he played an integral role in founding the Sickle Cell Foundation of Galveston and in the renaming of a street in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.; he studied music and psychology at Texas Southern University before obtaining theological doctoral degrees from the United Christian Theological Institute and the Mt. Zion Travelers Seminary; today, he works on the staff of Allison Funeral Service and additionally serves as chair of the board of directors for the Liberty County Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Celebration Committee; and WHEREAS, Dr. Dugat began serving as the minister of music at Pleasant Hill Baptist Church in Dayton in 1953, and he went on to earn election as an organist for the National Baptist Convention of America; during his time in that position, he toured the country performing at such venues as the Apollo Theater in New York and the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, and for his talent and dedication, he was presented with an honorary doctorate in music; he now serves as minister of music at St. Ann's Catholic Church in Mallet, Louisiana, and at St. Joseph's Catholic Church in Dayton; and WHEREAS, Mrs. Dugat is also a graduate of Texas Southern University, and in addition to the degree in clinical science that she earned at TSU, she also holds a bachelor's degree in Christian Counseling from the United Christian Theological Institute; she currently works as director of Firm Foundations and as a consultant for Liberty Medical Surgical Clinic, where she retired after more than 40 years as a medical technician; her early career included a tenure as the supervisor of morphology at The University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston; active in her church as well, she serves the congregation of Trinity Valley Missionary Baptist Church as a secretary and as head of the church's new member orientation; and WHEREAS, The enduring union shared by Dr. and Mrs. Dugat is an inspiration to all who know them, and it is indeed a pleasure to join in congratulating this esteemed couple as they commemorate 55 years of happiness as husband and wife; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby honor Dr. Henry L. Dugat Sr. and Bennie Lee Dugat on the occasion of their 55th wedding anniversary and extend to them warmest best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Dugat as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Allen Straus Gonz lez Paddie Allen Guerra Parker Alonzo Guillen Paul Alvarado Gutierrez Pe a Anchia Harless Phelan Anderson of Dallas Hernandez Phillips Anderson of McLennan Herrero Pickett Ashby Howard Price Aycock Huberty Raney Bell Hughes Raymond Bernal Hunter Reynolds Blanco Isaac Riddle Bohac Israel Rinaldi Bonnen of Brazoria Johnson Rodriguez of Bexar Bonnen of Galveston Kacal Rodriguez of Travis Burkett Keffer Romero, Jr. Burns Keough Rose Burrows King of Hemphill Sanford Button King of Parker Schaefer Canales King of Taylor Schofield Capriglione King of Uvalde Schubert Clardy Klick Shaheen Coleman Koop Sheets Collier Krause Sheffield Cook Kuempel Simmons Craddick Landgraf Simpson Crownover Larson Smith Cyrier Laubenberg Smithee Dale Leach Spitzer Darby Longoria Springer Davis of Dallas Lozano Stephenson Davis of Harris Lucio III Stickland Deshotel M rquez Thompson of Brazoria Dukes Martinez Thompson of Harris Dutton Martinez Fischer Tinderholt Elkins McClendon Turner of Collin Faircloth Metcalf Turner of Harris Fallon Meyer Turner of Tarrant Farias Miles VanDeaver Farney Miller of Comal Villalba Farrar Miller of Fort Bend Vo Fletcher Moody Walle Flynn Morrison White of Bell Frank Mu oz, Jr. White of Tyler Frullo Murphy Workman Galindo Murr Wray Geren Naishtat Wu Giddings Nev rez Zedler Goldman Oliveira Zerwas Gonzales Otto Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2153 was adopted by the House on April 29, 2015, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House