H.R. No. 141
                                  R E S O L U T I O N
    1-1        WHEREAS, May Poskey Smith will celebrate her 75th birthday
    1-2  with family and friends on Saturday, February 11, 1995, at the
    1-3  First Baptist Church in Jacinto City; and
    1-4        WHEREAS, Born February 16, 1920, in the home of her parents,
    1-5  Harmon William and William Thomas Electra Kyle Poskey in Humble,
    1-6  she graduated in 1938 from Humble High School, where she
    1-7  distinguished herself as the drum major of the drum and bugle
    1-8  corps; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Following her graduation, she married Franklin
   1-10  Herman Smith on July 14, 1938, in Richmond and moved with her
   1-11  husband to Jacinto City in 1946, joining the First Baptist Church,
   1-12  of which she is still an active member; and
   1-13        WHEREAS, The family grew to include three sons, Franklin
   1-14  Herman Smith, Jr., Rodney Harmon Smith, and Glenn Kelley Smith, all
   1-15  of whom attended the Galena Park school system and graduated from
   1-16  Galena Park High School; and
   1-17        WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Smith's service to their community
   1-18  extended to his service on the Galena Park school board of trustees
   1-19  and her involvement in PTA and other civic organizations; and
   1-20        WHEREAS, Mrs. Smith joined the City of Jacinto City in 1965
   1-21  as a clerk in the water department, and despite her initial
   1-22  inability to stay on the job all day, she eventually was promoted
   1-23  to supervisor and, in 1981, became city secretary, a position she
   1-24  held until her retirement in 1987; and
    2-1        WHEREAS, In her retirement she has remained active in her
    2-2  local community both civically and politically, playing an
    2-3  important role in the election of council members, mayors, state
    2-4  representatives, state senators, and congressmen, even consenting
    2-5  to be interviewed by CNN on behalf of her current congressman; and
    2-6        WHEREAS, She is the center of the lives of all of her
    2-7  grandchildren, Robyn Lynn, Franklin Herman III (Trey), Shell Scott,
    2-8  Joshua Kelley, and Chase Scott, and her great-grandson, Daltyn
    2-9  Rodney Eugene Rashell; and
   2-10        WHEREAS, Her attention to detail and eye for perfection are
   2-11  well known, particularly to those sons and grandsons who have
   2-12  attempted to assist her in mowing her lawn and have fallen short of
   2-13  her high standards; and
   2-14        WHEREAS, She continues to remain active in her community,
   2-15  stays physically fit, volunteers her time to her church, and is
   2-16  fully prepared for her friend Joann Griggs to make good her threat
   2-17  to join her in retirement; now, therefore, be it
   2-18        RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 74th Texas
   2-19  Legislature hereby congratulate May Poskey Smith on the occasion of
   2-20  her 75th birthday; and, be it further
   2-21        RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
   2-22  prepared for Mrs. Smith as an expression of high regard by the
   2-23  Texas House of Representatives.