Bill Text: TX SR447 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas Senate Resolution 447

Bill Title: In memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock.

Spectrum: Bipartisan Bill

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-10 - Printed in full [SR447 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-SR447-Enrolled.html


	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 447


	In Memory
	of
	Carroll Sidney Shaddock

	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
	commemorates the life of Carroll Sidney Shaddock, who died on
	December 4, 2022, at the age of 82; and

	WHEREAS, Carroll Sidney Shaddock was born on July 7, 1940,
	in Beaumont to Dr. Carroll Bitting Shaddock Jr. and Hulda
	Gaertner Shaddock, whose German family emigrated to Texas in
	1899; Carroll grew up in Orange and went on to graduate from Rice
	University in 1962 and Yale Law School in 1965; in 1963, he
	married the love of his life, Dorothea "Dorry" Schulze; and

	WHEREAS, After law school, Carroll clerked for Judge Joe
	Ingraham of the United States District Court for the Southern
	District of Texas in Houston; he enlisted in the Texas Army
	National Guard and received a direct commission as an officer in
	the Judge Advocate General Corps of the United States Navy; he
	then joined the Houston law firm of Liddell, Sapp, now known as
	Locke, Lord, where he became a partner and practiced for 45
	years; and

	WHEREAS, A brilliant and determined man who sought to
	improve his community, Carroll led the movement to reduce the
	proliferation of billboards on Texas highways, which resulted in
	the reduction by 90 percent of Houston's billboards, from 15,000
	in 1980 to 1,500 today; Carroll was founding chairman of Scenic
	Houston and Scenic Texas, and he cofounded Trees for Houston, an
	organization that encouraged the planting of trees and created
	miles of tree-lined parkways in Houston; his contributions led to
	the creation of the Texas Department of Transportation's Green
	Ribbon highway tree-planting program and of Scenic America; and

	WHEREAS, An admired visionary and respected leader,
	Carroll founded the Bach Society Houston and the Melanchthon
	Institute, a Lutheran theological study center; he and Dorry did
	much to elevate worship music through their support of the
	construction of glorious pipe organs at Christ the King Lutheran
	Church, where they also donated the Bach organ and where he
	served as congregational president, music director, and chairman
	of various committees, and to First Lutheran Church of Houston,
	where he served as choir director; and

	WHEREAS, Carroll was a devoted husband and father whose
	generosity of spirit, warmth, and enthusiasm will not be
	forgotten; left to cherish his memory are Dorry, his loving wife
	of 59 years; his three sons, Christian, Peter, and Matthew; his
	siblings, Peter, Bill, and Gail; his nine grandchildren; and all
	who were blessed to share in his life; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th
	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
	family of Carroll Sidney Shaddock; and, be it further

	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
	his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas
	Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in
	memory of Carroll Sidney Shaddock.

	Whitmire, Alvarado, Bettencourt
	Huffman, Kolkhorst, Middleton, Miles




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	Member, Texas Senate



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	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate



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	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate



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	Member, Texas Senate Member, Texas Senate



		______________________________
		President of the Senate

		I hereby certify that the
		above Resolution was adopted by
		the Senate on May 10, 2023, by a
		rising vote.



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		Secretary of the Senate