H.R. No. 776
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Residents of Bryan lost a beloved neighbor and
friend with the passing of William J. "Fuzzy" Douglas, Jr., on April
2, 2003, at the age of 92; and
WHEREAS, A native Texan, Mr. Douglas was born in Trinity on
March 5, 1911; he moved to Bryan in 1928 to attend Texas A&M
University, from which he graduated in 1932; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman served in the United States
Army Air Corps during World War II; when he returned from service,
he established W. J. Douglas, Jr., Insurance Agency and went on to
serve on the board of General Security Life Insurance Company and
retire from a successful career that spanned 35 years in the
insurance industry; and
WHEREAS, Chairman of the Bryan Housing Authority Board for 40
years, Mr. Douglas was involved in a number of noteworthy
organizations, including the A&M Century Club, Joe Werner Lodge No.
553, the Houston Scottish Rite Bodies, Arabian Shrine, and the
Brazos Valley Shrine Club; he was also a member of First United
Methodist Church, where he participated in the businessmen's Bible
class; and
WHEREAS, William Douglas was a man of integrity, compassion,
and strong faith, and while he will be greatly missed, his memory
will live on in the hearts and minds of the many people whose lives
he touched; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of William J. "Fuzzy"
Douglas, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his
family: to his wife of 55 years, Doris Lee House Boriskie Douglas;
to his son and daughter-in-law, William J. "Jack" Douglas III and
Linda Douglas; to his daughter-in-law, Sue Boriskie; to his
grandchildren and their spouses, William J. "Will" Douglas IV,
Shauna Lynn Douglas, Jacklyn Lee Douglas, Benjamin Allen "Ben"
Douglas, Doris and Paul Chmelar, Susan Denise Boriskie, Marcie
Leigh and Will Thompson, Mike and Christina McCoy, and Darrel Wayne
and Karyn McCoy; to his great-grandchildren, Christopher Chmelar,
Andrew Murphy, Ryan McCoy, Ian Thompson, Taylor Navarro, and London
McCoy; 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 William J.
"Fuzzy" Douglas, Jr.
Hodge
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 Raymond
Chisum Homer Reyna
Christian Hope Riddle
Coleman Hopson Ritter
Cook of Navarro Howard Rodriguez
Cook of Colorado Hughes Rose
Corte Hunter Seaman
Crabb Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Crownover Isett Smith of Harris
Davis of Harris Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Davis of Dallas Jones of Bexar Solis
Dawson Jones of Dallas Solomons
Delisi Keel Stick
Denny Keffer of Dallas Swinford
Deshotel Keffer of Eastland Talton
Driver King Taylor
Dukes Kolkhorst Telford
Dunnam Krusee Thompson
Dutton Kuempel Truitt
Edwards Laney Turner
Eiland Laubenberg Uresti
Eissler Lewis Van Arsdale
Elkins Luna Villarreal
Ellis Mabry West
Farabee Madden Wilson
Farrar Marchant Wise
Flores Martinez Fischer Wohlgemuth
Flynn McCall Wolens
Gallego McClendon Wong
Garza McReynolds Woolley
Gattis Menendez Zedler
Geren Mercer
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 776 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on April 15, 2003.
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Chief Clerk of the House