R E S O L U T I O N
1-1 WHEREAS, The family and many friends of Hubert Oxford were
1-2 greatly saddened by his passing on May 6, 1997, at the age of 86,
1-3 and we join them in mourning their loss; and
1-4 WHEREAS, A native Texan, Mr. Oxford attended Beaumont High
1-5 School before earning his bachelor's degree in business
1-6 administration at The University of Texas at Austin, and on his
1-7 return to Beaumont he embarked on his long and fruitful career as a
1-8 lumberman; and
1-9 WHEREAS, Mr. Oxford's keen business acumen was much sought
1-10 after by his professional colleagues, and he brought a wide breadth
1-11 of experience to his service as director of Beaumont State Bank and
1-12 American National Bank; deeply committed to the good of his
1-13 community, he was also active in the Beaumont Rotary Club and
1-14 served on the Beaumont City Council; and
1-15 WHEREAS, Throughout his life, Mr. Oxford drew strength and
1-16 sustenance from his fellow worshipers at St. Anne Catholic Church,
1-17 and he and his wife, the late Virginia Cunningham Oxford, were
1-18 among the church's founding parishioners; and
1-19 WHEREAS, Mr. Oxford took great pride and satisfaction in his
1-20 large and close-knit family, and they will remember him first and
1-21 foremost as a loving husband, father, grandfather, and
1-22 great-grandfather; and
1-23 WHEREAS, An avid outdoorsman, Mr. Oxford took great pleasure
1-24 in hunting and fishing, and he was equally dedicated to his beloved
2-1 pastime of gardening; and
2-2 WHEREAS, Hubert Oxford was an astute businessman, an asset to
2-3 the community, and a devoted husband and father, and though he will
2-4 be missed, his spirit will live on in the hearts of all those who
2-5 knew him; now, therefore, be it
2-6 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 75th Texas
2-7 Legislature hereby honor the memory of Hubert Oxford and extend
2-8 sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his children and
2-9 their spouses, Hubert Oxford III and Cindy Oxford, Virginia Oxford
2-10 Thompson and Raybourne Thompson, Patrick Cunningham Oxford and
2-11 Katie Oxford, Mary Oxford Englander, and Denis Oxford; to his
2-12 grandchildren and their spouses, Mary Francelia Oxford, Hubert
2-13 Oxford IV, Mary Cunningham Oxford, Virginia Barrett Oxford, Alaina
2-14 Danielle Oxford, Adriana Victoria Oxford, Gabriella Elizabeth
2-15 Oxford, Virginia Mary Thompson Brown and Ray Brown, Helen Sayford
2-16 Thompson Burt and Prentiss Burt, Patricia Oxford Thompson Lawrence
2-17 and Eric Lawrence, Elizabeth Shire Oxford, Virginia Cunningham
2-18 Oxford, Robert Oxford Englander, and Mary Catherine Cowling
2-19 Englander; to his great-grandchildren, Raymond Lloyd Brown IV, John
2-20 Prentiss Burt, Sadie Oxford Lawrence, and John Patrick Lawrence;
2-21 and to his other family members and many friends; and, be it
2-22 further
2-23 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
2-24 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas
2-25 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of
2-26 Hubert Oxford.
Stiles
Woolley
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. 988 was adopted by the House on May
19, 1997, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House