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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A successful entrepreneur and longtime civic leader |
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in El Paso, Barry Organ Coleman, passed away on May 9, 2015, at the |
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age of 83; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 1931, |
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Mr. Coleman worked at Walgreens as a youth and received a company |
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scholarship to study at the University of Arkansas College of |
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Pharmacy; he was stationed in El Paso while serving in the United |
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States Army and adopted it as his hometown; in 1960, he and his |
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wife, Barbara, opened Coleman Pharmacy, and over the years, they |
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built the business into a chain of 11 stores; he served his |
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profession in numerous capacities, including as president of the |
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Texas Pharmacy Association; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Coleman was deeply committed to public health, |
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and he was one of the first to advocate for pharmacies to end |
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tobacco sales; he chaired the El Paso City-County Board of Health, |
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and he gave generously of his time and resources to The University |
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of Texas at El Paso Cooperative Pharmacy Program; in 2014, he and |
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his wife established a professorship at the UTEP College of Health |
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Sciences to research issues along the Mexican border; he also |
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benefited the wider community through his service at the helm of |
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many organizations, among them the El Paso County Historical |
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Society, the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and the El Paso |
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Downtown Kiwanis Club; moreover, he was active in Democratic |
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politics, and he was a deacon at University Presbyterian Church; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to his family and his community, Barry |
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Coleman made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved ones |
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and fellow citizens alike, and he will be fondly remembered for |
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years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Barry Organ Coleman |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife of 56 years, Barbara Forester Coleman; to his children, |
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Russell F. Coleman and his wife, Martha, Anne Coleman Hartley and |
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her husband, Mark, Regan Coleman, Douglas Coleman and his wife, |
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Colleen Morris, and Hugh Coleman and his wife, Bernadette; to his |
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grandchildren, Michael Coleman, Catherine Hartley, Margaret |
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Coleman, Sarah Coleman, Grace Coleman, Russell Barry Coleman, John |
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Coleman, Ben Coleman, Hugh J. Coleman, Helena Coleman, and Summer |
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Hartley; and to his many other relatives and 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Barry |
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Coleman. |