HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION 1-1 WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately convey the deep shock and 1-2 sorrow that accompanied the tragic death of United States Border 1-3 Patrol Agent Jefferson Barr in January 1996; and 1-4 WHEREAS, A native of Sterling City, he was graduated from 1-5 Angelo State University and had just completed his eighth year of 1-6 service to the agency; well regarded by his colleagues for his 1-7 strong sense of duty and brave and meritorious service, he proudly 1-8 served his fellow citizens as a member of the agency's emergency 1-9 response team; and 1-10 WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Agent Barr was sustained by 1-11 the love and support of his family, and his devotion to his wife 1-12 and children was a source of inspiration to many in the Eagle Pass 1-13 community; and 1-14 WHEREAS, Agent Barr was a man of tremendous integrity and 1-15 courage whose outstanding record of public service speaks for 1-16 itself; though his life was tragically cut short, his memory will 1-17 long endure as an inspiration to all who were privileged to know 1-18 him, as well as to a new generation of law enforcement officers who 1-19 choose to follow in this difficult but essential profession; now, 1-20 therefore, be it 1-21 RESOLVED, That the 75th Legislature of the State of Texas 1-22 hereby pay tribute to the life of Agent Jefferson Barr and extend 1-23 sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his beloved wife, 1-24 Leigh Ann Barr; to his daughter, Tiffany Dale Barr; to his son, 2-1 Cody Garrett Barr; to his parents, Kenneth and Gloria Barr; to his 2-2 brother and sister-in-law, Greg and Teresa Barr; to his sister, 2-3 Christie Ellen Barr; to his grandparents, Mr. and Mrs. George 2-4 Jefferson Myers; and to the many other friends and relatives of 2-5 this esteemed Texan; and, be it further 2-6 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-7 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas 2-8 House of Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in 2-9 memory of United States Border Patrol Agent Jefferson Barr. Gallego Laney Gutierrez Oliveira Alexander Haggerty Olivo Allen Hamric Palmer Alvarado Hartnett Patterson Averitt Hawley Pickett Bailey Heflin Pitts Berlanga Hernandez Place Bonnen Hightower Price Bosse Hilbert Puente Brimer Hilderbran Rabuck Burnam Hill Ramsay Carter Hinojosa Rangel Chavez Hirschi Raymond Chisum Hochberg Reyna of Bexar Christian Hodge Reyna of Dallas Clark Holzheauser Rhodes Coleman Horn Rodriguez Cook Howard Roman Corte Hunter Sadler Counts Hupp Seaman Crabb Isett Serna Craddick Jackson Shields Cuellar Janek Siebert Culberson Jones of Lubbock Smith Danburg Jones of Dallas Smithee Davila Junell Solis Davis Kamel Solomons Delisi Keel Staples Denny Keffer Stiles Driver King Swinford Dukes Krusee Talton Dunnam Kubiak Telford Dutton Kuempel Thompson Edwards Lewis of Tarrant Tillery Ehrhardt Lewis of Orange Torres Eiland Longoria Turner of Coleman Elkins Luna Turner of Harris Farrar McCall Uher Finnell McClendon Van de Putte Flores McReynolds Walker Gallego Madden West Galloway Marchant Williams Garcia Maxey Williamson Giddings Merritt Wilson Glaze Moffat Wise Goodman Moreno Wohlgemuth Goolsby Mowery Wolens Gray Naishtat Woolley Greenberg Nixon Yarbrough Grusendorf Oakley Zbranek _______________________________ _______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 219 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 28, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 219 was adopted by the Senate on May 31, 1997, by a viva-voce vote. _______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: _______________________ Date _______________________ Governor