By:  Montford                                          S.R. No. 664
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2                               In Memory
    1-3                                  of
    1-4                         Dr. Bill W. Armistead
    1-5        WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the citizens
    1-6  of Littlefield in mourning the loss of Dr. Bill W. Armistead who
    1-7  died March 17, 1995; and
    1-8        WHEREAS, Born May 24, 1919, in Tira, he graduated from
    1-9  Sulphur Springs High School in 1936, attended East Texas State
   1-10  University for two years, and graduated from Northern Illinois
   1-11  College of Optometry in Chicago in 1940; and
   1-12        WHEREAS, Dr. Armistead began an optometry practice in
   1-13  Littlefield on September 1, 1940, and he married Bernice Gattis
   1-14  on July 26, 1941, in Sulphur Springs; and
   1-15        WHEREAS, He served his country honorably and practiced
   1-16  optometry at Biggs Field in El Paso and at the former Lubbock
   1-17  Army Flying School, now Reese Air Force Base; and
   1-18        WHEREAS, Dr. Armistead established a wholesale optometry
   1-19  laboratory in Lubbock in 1959, and he wrote a book with his brother,
   1-20  Speed Reading and Visual Training; and
   1-21        WHEREAS, A man who believed in continuing lifelong learning,
   1-22  he did postgraduate work at the University of Houston College of
   1-23  Optometry, Scott and White Hospital in Temple, and the Texas Eye
    2-1  Center in Austin; and
    2-2        WHEREAS, A man of deep religious conviction, Bill Armistead
    2-3  was an active member and elder of the First Presbyterian Church;
    2-4  and
    2-5        WHEREAS, One who believed in giving back to his community,
    2-6  he was Mayor of Littlefield from 1963 to 1965, and he was President
    2-7  of the Chamber of Commerce from 1955 to 1956; and
    2-8        WHEREAS, In 1982 the Texas Optometric Association gave him a
    2-9  special appreciation award for his contributions to his profession;
   2-10  and
   2-11        WHEREAS, A respected and beloved member of his community,
   2-12  Dr. Armistead will be remembered for his devotion to his family,
   2-13  his friends, his church, and his community; his death is an
   2-14  irreplaceable loss for his community; now, therefore, be it
   2-15        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-16  74th Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the
   2-17  members of his family:  his wife, Bernice Armistead; his
   2-18  daughter, Kay Neagle; his son, Alan Armistead; his brother,
   2-19  Dr. J. Davis Armistead; and his six grandchildren; and, be it
   2-20  further
   2-21        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-22  his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the
   2-23  Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do
   2-24  so in memory of Dr. Bill Armistead.
   2-25                               ______________________________________
    3-1                                      President of the Senate
    3-2                                    I hereby certify that the above
    3-3                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
    3-4                               on April 10, 1995, by a rising vote.
    3-5                               ______________________________________
    3-6                                      Secretary of the Senate
    3-7                               ______________________________________
    3-8                                        Member, Texas Senate