R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The passing of the Honorable Frank Bobbitt McGregor 1-2 of Hillsboro on October 28, 2000, at the age of 77, has brought a 1-3 great loss to the family and many friends of this esteemed 1-4 gentleman; and 1-5 WHEREAS, Born on November 30, 1922, in Houston, Mr. McGregor 1-6 graduated from Sam Houston High School and pursued his higher 1-7 education at Baylor University, where he earned bachelor of arts, 1-8 master of arts, and juris doctor degrees; and 1-9 WHEREAS, Mr. McGregor answered his country's call to duty and 1-10 served in the Army Air Corps during World War II; he was later 1-11 recalled into Korea and retired with the rank of lieutenant colonel 1-12 from the United States Air Force; and 1-13 WHEREAS, A highly respected attorney, he practiced law for 52 1-14 years, most recently as counsel to the law firm of McGregor, 1-15 McGregor and Carmichael of Hillsboro, and he served on the 1-16 political science faculty at Baylor University and McLennan 1-17 Community College; additionally, he and Doris McGregor, his wife of 1-18 58 years, owned and operated the Bobbitt-McGregor Plum Hill Santa 1-19 Gertrudis cattle ranches since 1956; and 1-20 WHEREAS, Drawing on his education and experience to benefit 1-21 his fellow Texans, Mr. McGregor exemplified the traits of integrity 1-22 and dedication as a public servant while representing McLennan 1-23 County in the Texas House of Representatives for 10 years and 1-24 serving as district attorney of the 66th District Court; and 2-1 WHEREAS, He was an active member of the First Baptist Church 2-2 of Hillsboro and also held membership for five decades in Hillsboro 2-3 Masonic Lodge No. 196, Hillsboro York Rite Bodies, and Karem 2-4 Shrine; and 2-5 WHEREAS, Mr. McGregor is fondly remembered as a distinguished 2-6 Texan who made this state a measurably better place in which to 2-7 live and work through his many years of public service, and his 2-8 numerous contributions have ensured that his spirit will live on in 2-9 the hearts of the many people whose lives he touched; now, 2-10 therefore, be it 2-11 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 77th Texas 2-12 Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Frank Bobbitt 2-13 McGregor and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: 2-14 to his wife, Doris McGregor; to his three children and their 2-15 spouses, Dusty Stribling and her husband, Eugene, Martha Dwyer and 2-16 her husband, Darwin, and Frank Bobbitt McGregor, Jr., and his wife, 2-17 Brenda; to his six grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; to 2-18 his two brothers, Joel Ira McGregor, Jr., and Charles Bennett 2-19 McGregor; and to the many other relatives and friends of this fine 2-20 man; and, be it further 2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-22 prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas 2-23 House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of 2-24 the Honorable Frank Bobbitt McGregor. Pitts Laney Goodman Merritt Alexander Goolsby Miller Allen Gray Moreno of Harris Averitt Green Moreno of El Paso Bailey Grusendorf Morrison Berman Gutierrez Mowery Bonnen Haggerty Naishtat Bosse Hamric Najera Brimer Hardcastle Nixon Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Noriega Brown of Brazos Hawley Oliveira Burnam Heflin Olivo Callegari Hilbert Pickett Capelo Hilderbran Pitts Carter Hill Puente Chavez Hinojosa Ramsay Chisum Hochberg Rangel Christian Hodge Raymond Clark Homer Reyna of Bexar Coleman Hope Reyna of Dallas Cook Hopson Ritter Corte Howard Sadler Counts Hunter Salinas Crabb Hupp Seaman Craddick Isett Shields Crownover Janek Smith Danburg Jones of Lubbock Smithee Davis of Harris Jones of Bexar Solis Davis of Dallas Jones of Dallas Solomons Delisi Junell Swinford Denny Keel Talton Deshotel Keffer Telford Driver King of Parker Thompson Dukes King of Uvalde Tillery Dunnam Kitchen Truitt Dutton Kolkhorst Turner of Coleman Edwards Krusee Turner of Harris Ehrhardt Kuempel Uher Eiland Lewis of Tarrant Uresti Elkins Lewis of Orange Villarreal Ellis Longoria Walker Farabee Luna West Farrar McCall Williams Flores McClendon Wilson Gallego McReynolds Wise Garcia Madden Wohlgemuth George Marchant Wolens Geren Martinez Fischer Woolley Giddings Maxey Yarbrough Glaze Menendez Zbranek _______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 17 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 21, 2001. _______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House