H.R. No. 1073



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Residents of Boerne lost a highly respected attorney 
and community leader with the passing of Gordon L. Hollon on October 
3, 2002; and
	WHEREAS, A native Texan, Mr. Hollon was born in Brady on March 
14, 1923; he attended Baylor University on an athletic scholarship 
and though he was drafted to play football for the Pittsburgh 
Steelers, he elected to continue his studies and served as 
president of both the senior law class and the Senator Law Society 
before earning his law degree in 1949; and
	WHEREAS, During World War II, he enlisted in the Marine V-12 
program and completed his officer training at Southwestern 
University, where he met his future wife, Jamie; Mr. Hollon was 
commissioned at Cornell University's Midshipmen's School and went 
on to complete a tour of active naval duty in the Pacific theater; 
and
	WHEREAS, Returning home, he became the county attorney for 
Kendall County in 1949, and he was later named the city attorney for 
Boerne, a position he held with distinction for three decades; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Hollon was widely respected for his trial and 
appellate work in both civil and criminal law, and his private 
practice eventually became one of the state's largest law firms 
outside of a metropolitan area; selected as Baylor's Lawyer of the 
Year in 1998, he did a great deal of pro bono work and was a former 
president of the Hill Country Bar Association and the Baylor Alumni 
Association and an active member of the Federal Bar, the San Antonio 
Bar, and the Texas Criminal Defense Attorney associations; and
	WHEREAS, The owner of the Kendall County Abstract Company as 
well, Mr. Hollon was active in his community and gave generously of 
his time and talents to a host of worthy organizations, including 
the Boerne Chamber of Commerce and the First Baptist Church; and
	WHEREAS, Gordon Hollon was a man of great intelligence, 
integrity, and compassion, 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 Gordon L. Hollon and 
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife of 
57 years, Jane Corey Carroll "Jamie" Hollon; to his children, Don 
Hollon, James Hollon and his wife, Donna, Anna Kay Hollon and her 
husband, Tom, and Leslie Hollon and his wife, Vicki; to his 
grandchildren, Lance Harris, Jonathan Hollon, Rachel Hollon, Holly 
Harris, David Hollon, Ryan Hollon, and Steven Hollon; to his 
sister, Dorothy Nell Stevens; 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 Gordon L. 
Hollon.

                                                                      Hilderbran


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                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1073 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on May 23, 2003.

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                                                     Chief Clerk of the House