R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The passing of Gilles Marie Lucien Andre Barbier on 1-2 August 4, 1995, at the age of 42, brought a great loss to the 1-3 family and many friends of this esteemed Houston resident; and 1-4 WHEREAS, The son of Pierre and Michelle Barbier, he was born 1-5 in Orleans, France, on August 5, 1952, and spent his childhood in 1-6 small communities within the Loire and Cher Region of France; and 1-7 WHEREAS, For a number of years, Mr. Barbier was employed as a 1-8 professional diver and, after working in several countries, made 1-9 his home in Singapore, where he met his future bride, Deborah Odum, 1-10 a Texan who was overseas visiting her brother; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The couple wed in France before moving to the Lone 1-12 Star State, where Mr. Barbier embarked on a new venture as a 1-13 photographer; he acclimated quickly to his new environment and was 1-14 proud to become a naturalized Texan; and 1-15 WHEREAS, A man of great warmth and enthusiasm, Gilles Barbier 1-16 touched the lives of many people during his years on this earth, 1-17 and though he is gone from us now, his memory endures in the hearts 1-18 and minds of all who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it 1-19 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas 1-20 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Gilles Marie Lucien 1-21 Andre Barbier and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his 1-22 family: to his beloved wife, Deborah Odum Barbier; to his daughter, 1-23 Julia Emmanuelle Marie Barbier; to his parents, Pierre and Michelle 1-24 Barbier; to his brother, Patrick Barbier; to his sister, 2-1 Marie-Pierre Barbier-Jaubertie; and to the many other friends and 2-2 relatives of this fine gentleman; and, be it further 2-3 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-4 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas 2-5 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of 2-6 Gilles Marie Lucien Andre Barbier. Lewis of Orange 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 _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 692 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 12, 1997. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House