H.R. No. 487



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Lone Star State lost a beloved citizen and 
courageous patriot when Roy Alan Bracher of Spring Branch passed 
away on March 9, 2003, at the age of 82; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Bracher was born in Austin on April 14, 1920; he 
attended Texas A&M University but left in his senior year to answer 
his country's call to duty during World War II, and he continued his 
service through the Korean War; and
	WHEREAS, A civil engineer, Mr. Bracher served as a captain in 
the United States Army; he landed at Normandy on D-Day +3 with the 
376th Engineer Airborne Battalion and worked on the construction of 
the first airstrip to be used by the Allied Forces and on succeeding 
landing strips behind the retreating German lines; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Bracher witnessed the atrocities at the Dachau 
concentration camp; he wrote to his mother about his experiences, 
and his letter is now on display at the Holocaust Museum in Houston; 
and
	WHEREAS, After settling in Spring Branch, Mr. Bracher raised 
a family and built homes in the community; he owned Bracher 
Construction Company, which constructed streets and bridges for the 
City of Houston, and his residential rental properties continue to 
provide affordable housing for low-income and middle-income 
families; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Bracher was a former member of the Heights 
Rotary Club and a valued and respected member of his community; and
	WHEREAS, Through his service to his country, his dedication 
to his family, and the myriad contributions he made toward the 
betterment of the lives of his fellow Texans, Mr. Bracher left an 
enduring legacy enshrined in the hearts of those individuals who 
were fortunate enough to have known him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Roy Alan 
Bracher and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family:  
to his wife, Fay;  to his children and their spouses, Roy Alan and 
Shelly Bracher, Linda and Jeffrey Lehmann, Lanelle and Ronnie 
Simms, Philip and Rosalind Belitsky, Irwin Belitsky, and Ralph 
Belitsky; to his grandchildren, Lora Bergeron, Lindsay Janek, Lisa 
Sweitzer, Cody Alan and Caitlyn Renee Bracher, and Catherine 
Alexis, Lorraine, Michael, Matthew, and Melissa Belitsky; to his 
three great-grandchildren; and to his other relatives and many 
friends; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for the members of his family and that when the Texas House 
of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Roy Alan 
Bracher.

                                                                           Hegar



       

       

       
Craddick

       Giddings

       Merritt

       
Allen

       Goodman

       Miller

       
Alonzo

       Goolsby

       Moreno of Harris

       
Bailey

       Griggs

       Moreno of El Paso

       
Baxter

       Grusendorf

       Morrison

       
Berman

       Guillen

       Mowery

       
Bohac

       Gutierrez

       Naishtat

       
Bonnen

       Haggerty

       Nixon

       
Branch

       Hamilton

       Noriega

       
Brown of Kaufman

       Hamric

       Oliveira

       
Brown of Brazos

       Hardcastle

       Olivo

       
Burnam

       Harper-Brown

       Paxton

       
Callegari

       Hartnett

       Pena

       
Campbell

       Heflin

       Phillips

       
Canales

       Hegar

       Pickett

       
Capelo

       Hilderbran

       Pitts

       
Casteel

       Hill

       Puente

       
Castro

       Hochberg

       Quintanilla

       
Chavez

       Hodge

       Rangel

       
Chisum

       Homer

       Raymond

       
Christian

       Hope

       Reyna

       
Coleman

       Hopson

       Riddle

       
Cook of Navarro

       Howard

       Ritter

       
Cook of Colorado

       Hughes

       Rodriguez

       
Corte

       Hunter

       Rose

       
Crabb

       Hupp

       Seaman

       
Crownover

       Isett

       Smith of Tarrant

       
Davis of Harris

       Jones of Lubbock

       Smith of Harris

       
Davis of Dallas

       Jones of Bexar

       Smithee

       
Dawson

       Jones of Dallas

       Solis

       
Delisi

       Keel

       Solomons

       
Denny

       Keffer of Dallas

       Stick

       
Deshotel

       Keffer of Eastland

       Swinford

       
Driver

       King

       Talton

       
Dukes

       Kolkhorst

       Taylor

       
Dunnam

       Krusee

       Telford

       
Dutton

       Kuempel

       Thompson

       
Edwards

       Laney

       Truitt

       
Eiland

       Laubenberg

       Turner

       
Eissler

       Lewis

       Uresti

       
Elkins

       Luna

       Van Arsdale

       
Ellis

       Mabry

       Villarreal

       
Farabee

       Madden

       West

       
Farrar

       Marchant

       Wilson

       
Flores

       Martinez Fischer

       Wise

       
Flynn

       McCall

       Wohlgemuth

       
Gallego

       McClendon

       Wolens

       
Garza

       McReynolds

       Wong

       
Gattis

       Menendez

       Woolley

       
Geren

       Mercer

       Zedler

       


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 487 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on March 13, 2003.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House