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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The citizens of San Angelo lost an admired community |
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leader with the passing of Wylie O. Webb on June 24, 2023, at the age |
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of 90; and |
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WHEREAS, Wylie Webb was born to Clyde and Oval Webb in San |
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Angelo on March 17, 1933; after graduating from San Angelo High |
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School, he joined the U.S. Air Force, training as an aircraft and |
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engine mechanic and as a B-29 flight engineer and subsequently |
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serving at an air base in South Korea and at Tinker Air Force Base in |
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Oklahoma; following his military service, he attended San Angelo |
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College and went on to earn a business administration degree from |
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The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of his career as a certified public |
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accountant, Mr. Webb worked for the Jones, Freeze, Hay & Company |
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accounting firm and then for Hall, McCoulsky, and Bachman, where he |
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became a partner; in 1977, he cofounded the Webb & Webb accounting |
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firm, and he retired from his practice in 2017, concluding an |
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exemplary tenure that spanned four decades; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Webb was elected to the San Angelo City |
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Commission in 1968 and as mayor of the city two years later; he |
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demonstrated tremendous leadership in that office, helping to |
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establish permanent underground water supplies for the city's three |
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reservoirs; he also served as president of the San Angelo |
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Independent School District board and the San Angelo Chamber of |
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Commerce and as a member of the Board of City Development and the |
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River Corridor Commission; moreover, he was a San Angelo Chamber of |
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Commerce Citizen of the Year, a lifetime board member of the Mary |
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Ellen Kent Bunyard Family Foundation, and a recipient of the |
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Distinguished Public Service Award from the Texas Society of |
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Certified Public Accountants; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Webb enjoyed the love and |
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support of his wife of 54 years, Anita Glyn Russell Webb; he took |
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great pride in his daughter, Aleesa Shawn Webb, and his grandson, |
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Wylie "Gage" Hahn; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Wylie Webb is deeply missed, memories of |
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his integrity, his kindness, and his devotion to his family remain |
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to comfort and inspire those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Wylie O. Webb and extend heartfelt condolences to all who mourn his |
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passing; 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 Wylie Webb. |