R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, On March 2, 1997, the Alief Independent School
1-2 District will dedicate the opening of Howard J. Hicks Elementary
1-3 School; and
1-4 WHEREAS, Born on May 15, 1914, in Jonesboro, Arkansas, and
1-5 now a resident of Houston by way of Beaumont, Howard Hicks has
1-6 spent the first 82 years of his life in dedication to his faith,
1-7 his family, his country, and his community; and
1-8 WHEREAS, In each endeavor he has undertaken, be it
1-9 newspaperman, chamber of commerce executive, bank executive,
1-10 insurance company executive, oil and gas wildcatter, LCS Commander
1-11 for the United States Navy in World War II, tireless worker,
1-12 leader, and in many cases founding member, of various community
1-13 groups, with his most recent active memberships including the Alief
1-14 Noon Lions Club, the Alief Community Association, the Alief
1-15 Cemetery Historical Society, and chairmanships in both the Alief
1-16 130th Anniversary and the Alief Post Office 100th Birthday
1-17 organizations, or district aide to Representative Talmadge Heflin,
1-18 a post he has held for the past 11 years, Howard Hicks has always
1-19 distinguished himself as one of the more active and caring
1-20 individuals one could possibly hope to encounter; and
1-21 WHEREAS, Despite his routinely busy schedule, Howard still
1-22 finds time to be a loving father, a doting grandfather, and a
1-23 devoted great-grandfather; he rounds out the rest of his schedule
1-24 by soundly whipping people half his age, and some younger than
1-25 that, on the golf course, and is a multiple champion of both golf
2-1 and horseshoes in regional and state competition in the Senior
2-2 Games; and
2-3 WHEREAS, For the better part of the past 60 years, on the
2-4 many occasions that have arisen in Beaumont, Houston, and Alief
2-5 that required leadership, energy, action, and a neighborly attitude
2-6 to determine and achieve the common good in the community, Howard
2-7 Hicks has provided all these characteristics in abundant supply;
2-8 and
2-9 WHEREAS, His longstanding commitment to service has garnered
2-10 him awards and commendations almost too numerous to document, the
2-11 latest of these honors being the opening of the elementary school
2-12 that bears his name; and
2-13 WHEREAS, Ever true to form, Howard Hicks has taken on the
2-14 students of Howard J. Hicks Elementary School as his own, with
2-15 almost daily visits for reading sessions, friendly chats, and
2-16 attention to those with special needs; now, therefore, be it
2-17 RESOLVED, That the Texas House of Representatives of the 75th
2-18 Legislature take this time out today to congratulate and honor one
2-19 of the most beloved members of the Alief community, Mr. Howard J.
2-20 Hicks; and, be it further
2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-22 prepared for Mr. Hicks as an expression of high regard by the Texas
2-23 House of Representatives.
Heflin
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
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 244 was adopted by the House on
February 27, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House