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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Hereford lost an esteemed community |
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leader with the death of former mayor Robert Douglas Josserand on |
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November 2, 2020, at the age of 89; and |
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WHEREAS, Bob Josserand was born in Pratt, Kansas, on June 24, |
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1931, to Robert and Helen Josserand, and he grew up with a brother, |
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Jimmy; he shared his life with his wife, Nancy, for 66 years, and he |
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was the proud father of four children, John, Barry, Joan, and Doug; |
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he was later blessed with eight grandchildren, Dana, Clint, Holly, |
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Haley, Lauren, James, Andee, and Jacob, and six |
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great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Josserand |
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served with the U.S. Air Force in California during the Korean War, |
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and after his military service, he earned a bachelor's degree in |
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animal science from Colorado State University in 1953; he worked as |
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a county agent and a bank officer in Colorado and served on the |
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Colorado State Highway Commission before moving to Kansas to |
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develop farming and cattle feeding operations; in 1971, he moved to |
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Hereford, Texas, as regional manager for Farr Better Feeds, and |
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from 1973 to 1983, he was president of Procor Cattle Company, which |
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later became AZL Resources; he bought the company's cattle division |
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in 1983 and established what is now the AzTx Cattle Company; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Josserand was a member of many industry |
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organizations and a former president of the Texas Cattle Feeders |
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Association and the National Cattlemen's Beef Association, and he |
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was appointed to the Texas Agriculture Task Force in 1988; his |
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numerous honors include induction into the International |
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Stockmen's Educational Foundation Hall of Fame and the Cattle |
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Feeders Hall of Fame and receipt of the Man of the Year in Service to |
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Southwest Agriculture award from Progressive Farmer magazine and |
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the National Golden Spur Award from the Ranching Heritage |
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Association; and |
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WHEREAS, A pillar of his community, Mr. Josserand served as |
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mayor of Hereford from 1993 to 2015, and he also served on the Llano |
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Estacado Regional Water Planning Group from 1998 to 2015, as well as |
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a three-year term on the board of the Panhandle-Plains Historical |
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Museum; he and his wife received the museum's Pioneer Spirit Award, |
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and he was also presented with the Summit Award from the arts |
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committee of the Amarillo Chamber of Commerce; in 1994, he was named |
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the Hereford Citizen of the Year; and |
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WHEREAS, A loving husband and father, a successful |
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entrepreneur, and a dynamic civic leader, Bob Josserand lived a |
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rich and purposeful life, and he leaves behind a record of service |
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that his loved ones can remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Robert Douglas |
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Josserand and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and friends; |
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and, be it 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 Bob |
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Josserand. |