H.R. No. 27
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, The State of Texas lost an esteemed citizen with the
passing of the Honorable E. Carlyle Smith, Jr., of Grand Prairie on
June 29, 2003, at the age of 64; and
WHEREAS, A successful architect who also devoted enormous
time and energy to public service, Mr. Smith was born in Corpus
Christi on March 12, 1939, and raised in Grand Prairie; he graduated
from Grand Prairie High School in 1957 after serving as president of
the student council and winning acclaim in several sports,
including all-state honors in basketball; and
WHEREAS, He continued to excel at Texas Tech University, from
which he graduated in 1962 with bachelor's degrees in architecture
and civil engineering; during his years on campus he served as
president of the student body and of Sigma Chi Fraternity, lettered
in basketball, was a member of the Saddle Tramps, and was inducted
into several honorary academic societies; and
WHEREAS, After completing college, Mr. Smith returned to
Grand Prairie and joined the architectural firm of Smith and
Warder, Architects and Engineers, which had been cofounded by his
father in 1947; the first suburban architectural team in Dallas
County, the company did work not only in Texas but also in Oklahoma
and North and South Carolina; when the business closed at the time
of Mr. Smith's retirement in 2002, it was one of the oldest
continually operating architectural firms in Texas; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Smith became active in the Democratic Party in
the early 1960s and served from 1976 to 1987 in the Texas House of
Representatives; during his tenure in the legislature he served as
vice chairman of the insurance, human services, and environmental
affairs committees and was a member of the appropriations
committee, as well as the Governor's Task Force on Social Services;
and
WHEREAS, Imbued with a deep sense of civic responsibility, he
gave unstintingly of his time and energies to a wide array of
community organizations; chairman of the Parkland Hospital
Foundation and vice chairman of the Parkland Hospital Board of
Managers, he also chaired the Dallas County Open Space Board and
served as vice chairman of the Dallas County Grand Jury; and
WHEREAS, In addition, he held leadership positions in the
Community Concerts Association, YMCA, Circle 1.0 Council of the Boy
Scouts of America, boys' baseball, Grand Prairie Rotary Club, and
Grand Prairie Jaycees; he served as director and chairman of the
audit committee of Midway National Bank and rendered further
service to Texas Tech as chairman of both its Civil Engineering
Advisory Council and Civil Engineering Academy; and
WHEREAS, A host of accolades attest to the high regard in
which this outstanding Texan was held; Texas Tech conferred on him
its Distinguished Engineer Award and inducted him into its Civil
Engineering Academy; other tributes included awards from Lions
International, the Order of DeMolay, the Grand Prairie High School
Alumni Association, and the Grand Prairie Chamber of Commerce,
Rotary Club, and Jaycees; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Smith achieved the rank of 33rd Degree Scottish
Rite Mason and took an active part in the masonic fellowship; the
congregation of St. Andrew's Episcopal Church knew him as a
faithful parishioner, whose service to the church included several
terms as a vestryman and as senior warden; and
WHEREAS, The bright promise of this gentleman's youth was
richly fulfilled through his remarkable professional and civic
endeavors, and the blessing of his life will be forever treasured by
all who were privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay special tribute to the
life of E. Carlyle Smith, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the
members of his family: to his wife of 41 years, Ouida Daugherty
Smith; to his brothers and sister-in-law, Stan Smith and Steve and
Alice Smith; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it
further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family, and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of E. Carlyle
Smith, Jr.
Craddick
Craddick Geren Mercer
Allen Giddings Merritt
Alonzo Goodman Miller
Bailey Goolsby Moreno of Harris
Baxter Griggs Moreno of El Paso
Berman Grusendorf Morrison
Bohac Guillen Mowery
Bonnen Gutierrez Naishtat
Branch Haggerty Nixon
Brown of Kaufman Hamilton Noriega
Brown of Brazos Hamric Oliveira
Burnam Hardcastle Olivo
Callegari Harper-Brown Paxton
Campbell Hartnett Pena
Canales Heflin Phillips
Capelo Hegar Pickett
Casteel Hilderbran Pitts
Castro Hill Puente
Chavez Hochberg Quintanilla
Chisum Hodge Raymond
Christian Homer Reyna
Coleman Hope Riddle
Cook of Navarro Hopson Ritter
Cook of Colorado Howard Rodriguez
Corte Hughes Rose
Crabb Hunter Seaman
Crownover Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Dallas Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Dawson Jones of Bexar Solis
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solomons
Denny Keel Stick
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Driver Keffer of Eastland Talton
Dukes King Taylor
Dunnam Kolkhorst Telford
Dutton Krusee Thompson
Edwards Kuempel Truitt
Eiland Laney Turner
Eissler Laubenberg Uresti
Elkins Lewis Van Arsdale
Ellis Luna Villarreal
Escobar Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 27 was unanimously adopted by a rising
vote of the House on July 18, 2003.
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Chief Clerk of the House