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                                                                  H.R. No. 104



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The State of Texas has lost an esteemed public 
servant with the passing of the Honorable Waggoner Carr of Austin on 
February 25, 2004, at the age of 85; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Fairlie on October 1, 1918, Mr. Carr moved 
with his family to Lubbock during the Depression; he attended Texas 
Technological College, where he joined the debate team, and earned 
a B.B.A. from that school in 1940; World War II interrupted his 
subsequent legal studies at The University of Texas, but after 
serving for three years in the Army Air Corps he returned to Austin 
and received his law degree in 1947; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Carr served as a Lubbock assistant district 
attorney from 1947 to 1948 and as Lubbock county attorney from 1948 
to 1950, when he was elected to the first of five consecutive terms 
in the Texas House of Representatives; he presided as speaker of the 
house from 1957 to 1961; and
	WHEREAS, Two years after leaving the legislature, Mr. Carr 
became Texas attorney general, an office he held until 1967; he won 
praise for the assistance he rendered the Warren Commission 
following the assassination of President John F. Kennedy, and in 
1966 he was recognized as the most outstanding attorney general in 
the nation; and
	WHEREAS, Over the course of his career Mr. Carr also engaged 
in the private practice of law; while living in Lubbock he opened a 
practice with his brother, Warlick, and from the late 1970s until 
his passing he was associated with the firm of DeLeon, Boggins, and 
Icenogle in Austin, specializing in civil litigation and 
arbitration; and
	WHEREAS, A Texan born and bred, Waggoner Carr took great 
pride in his state, its history, and its people; appropriately for a 
son of the Lone Star State, he enjoyed impressive skills as a 
raconteur, an ability he turned to account in a one-man performance 
he developed about the outlaw Jesse James; this accomplished 
gentleman also coauthored two books; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Carr was the devoted husband of the former 
Ernestine Story, whom he met while both were students at Texas Tech, 
and the proud father of David W. Carr; and
	WHEREAS, Waggoner Carr served his fellow citizens with 
integrity and devotion for more than five decades, and, through his 
many contributions, he secured a respected place of his own in the 
annals of the state he loved so well; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay special tribute to the 
life of the Honorable Waggoner Carr and extend sincere sympathy to 
the members of his family:  to his wife, Ernestine Carr; to his son, 
Dr. David W. Carr; to his two grandchildren; 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 the 
Honorable Waggoner Carr.

                                                                          Baxter


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 104 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on May 11, 2004.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House