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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the death |
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of John Norman Wright Petry of Carrizo Springs on September 17, |
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2023, at the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Josephine White Wright Petry and Hinton |
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Booth Wright, John Petry was born in Laredo on December 25, 1945, |
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and he was raised from the age of two by his stepfather, Herbert |
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Charles "Herb" Petry; after attending Carrizo Springs High School, |
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he went on to graduate from Trinity University and St. Mary's |
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University School of Law; he served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to |
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1974, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1970, Mr. Petry joined the Petry & Petry Law |
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firm, and three decades later, he was hired by Langley & Banack; his |
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practice focused on the oil and gas industry and complex land and |
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mineral cases; dedicated to his profession, he was a member of the |
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Maverick County Bar Association and served as president of the |
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Dimmit County Bar Association; for two terms, he served on the State |
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Bar of Texas district grievance committee, and he was named a Fellow |
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of the Texas Bar Foundation; he retired in January 2023; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Petry was also a director of Union State Bank |
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for almost three decades, and he served the wider community in a |
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number of leadership roles, earning recognition as Dimmit County |
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Man of the Year; he was a member of the Carrizo Springs city council |
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from 1974 to 1978, and he served Lions International as a district |
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governor and ambassador of goodwill; an active member of Holy |
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Trinity Episcopal Church, he served for over 40 years as the |
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bishop's warden; he was an avid golfer and played a key role in |
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developing Carrizo Springs Municipal Golf Course; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all, Mr. Petry was devoted to his family; he |
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married the former Jill Little on August 10, 1968, and they became |
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the parents of two daughters, Jana and Jodi; eventually, they were |
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blessed with five grandchildren, and he instilled his love of the |
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land in them all; he loved hosting relatives and friends at the |
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ranch to hunt, drink wine, and enjoy the outdoors; and |
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WHEREAS, John Petry lived a rich and purposeful life centered |
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around his family, his faith, and his community, and those he left |
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behind will treasure their memories of his warmth and kindness; |
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now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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John Norman Wright Petry and extend sincere sympathy to the members |
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of his family: to his wife, Jill Little Petry; to his daughters, |
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Jana Gordon and her husband, David, and Jodi Wood and her husband, |
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Michael; to his grandchildren, Michael "3Wood" Wood III, Catherine |
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Gordon, Payton Wood, William Gordon, and Henry Gordon; to his |
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brother, Hinton Booth Wright "Boots" Petry; and to his many other |
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relatives and friends; 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 John Petry. |