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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Countless lives were touched by the generosity and |
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dedication of Dr. Warren Henry Hawkins, a longtime educator and |
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administrator at Wiley College, who passed away on April 30, 2015, |
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at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Warren Hawkins was born on April 1, 1935, in |
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Groesbeck to W. H. Hawkins and Mary Taylor; he graduated from Wiley |
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College in 1954 and began a teaching career that took him to the |
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Rusk, Alto, Cuero, and Sulphur Springs school districts; returning |
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to college, he received his master's degree in music education from |
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Texas Southern University and his doctoral degree from Texas A&M |
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University--Commerce in 1974, and he enlisted during this time in |
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the United States Army and the National Guard; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1966, Dr. Hawkins embarked on his long and |
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rewarding tenure with Wiley College, which he served in a variety of |
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capacities over the course of a half-century; he was the band |
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director for the college for many years, and he spent 35 years as |
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the undergraduate advisor for the Beta Chapter of Phi Beta Sigma |
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Fraternity, having initially joined the fraternity as a student; a |
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revered figure on campus, he was frequently consulted for his |
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institutional knowledge, and he was serving as director of |
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institutional research planning and assessment at the time of his |
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passing; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Hawkins married the love of his life, the former |
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Effie Louise McClelland, on October 2, 1960, and they were blessed |
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with two sons, Kenneth and Keith; when his children were younger, he |
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was an ever-present fixture on the sidelines during their school |
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and athletic activities and sometimes volunteered as a coach or |
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umpire; he was also a devout member of Ebenezer United Methodist |
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Church, where he played the organ, served as the choir director, and |
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shared his time on several committees; and |
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WHEREAS, Although the loss of Dr. Warren Hawkins is |
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profoundly felt by his loved ones and the many individuals who knew |
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him at Wiley College and in the Marshall community, memories of his |
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quiet strength, his keen mind, and his unselfish service to others |
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will remain a source of inspiration for years to come; now, |
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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 Dr. Warren Henry |
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Hawkins and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Effie L. Hawkins; to his sons, Kenneth Hawkins and his |
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wife, Deborah, and Keith Hawkins and his wife, Monda; to his |
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grandson, Matthew Kadeem Hawkins; to his brother, Nathaniel |
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Gilbert; to his sisters, Orlene McCullough and Maxine Davis and her |
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husband, A. J.; and to his 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 Dr. Warren |
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Hawkins. |