Bill Text: TX SR850 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Jimmy Dean.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-03 - Printed in full [SR850 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-SR850-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Jimmy Dean | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Jimmy Dean, who died June 13, 2010, at | ||
the age of 81; and | ||
WHEREAS, Jimmy Dean overcame childhood poverty and a lack | ||
of formal education to become one of the most recognized faces in | ||
the country as an iconic country singer and entertainer and as | ||
spokesman for the successful sausage company that bore his name; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Jimmy Dean was born August 10, 1928, and grew up | ||
in Plainview; his mother taught him to play piano and he went on | ||
to pick up guitar, harmonica, and accordion; he dropped out of | ||
school after the ninth grade to join the United States Merchant | ||
Marine, where he spent two years before enlisting in the United | ||
States Air Force; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Dean began his musical career while serving at | ||
Bolling Air Force Base in Washington, sitting in at a local bar | ||
for a fiddler who had called in sick; by the early 1950s, he was | ||
the frontman for the Texas Wildcats, playing on the radio and at | ||
county and state fairs; and | ||
WHEREAS, He recorded his first hit song in 1953 and in 1961 | ||
recorded "Big Bad John," a song about a miner who died saving his | ||
fellow workers in a mine collapse that spent five weeks at number | ||
one on the Billboard charts; he hosted a variety show on the ABC | ||
television network from 1963 until 1966 and appeared in several | ||
television series and films, including the James Bond thriller | ||
Diamonds Are Forever; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Dean headlined at venues like Carnegie Hall | ||
and the Hollywood Bowl and was the first country star to play on | ||
the Las Vegas strip; he was the first guest host on The Tonight | ||
Show and recorded several more hit songs, including "P.T. 109," | ||
"Sam Hill," and "I.O.U.," a spoken-word song dedicated to his | ||
mother; he was elected to the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2010; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, He created the Jimmy Dean Meat Company in | ||
Plainview in 1969 and for more than three decades served as its | ||
spokesman on television, representing its products with his | ||
Texas charm; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of honor, strength, and determination, he | ||
will long be remembered for his generous spirit and his many | ||
accomplishments, which have enriched the culture of our state and | ||
nation; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 82nd | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life and legacy of Jimmy | ||
Dean; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in | ||
memory of this hometown Texas icon, and that when the Senate | ||
adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jimmy Dean. | ||
Duncan | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 3, 2011, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |