This website will be unavailable from Thursday, May 30, 2024 at 6:00 p.m. through Monday, June 3, 2024 at 7:00 a.m. due to data center maintenance.

                                                                                

79S10377 JTR-D

By:  Jones of Dallas                                              H.R. No. 225



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Deralyn Riles Davis has been selected as a recipient 
of an Outstanding Texan Award in the area of community service by 
the Texas Legislative Black Caucus; and
	WHEREAS, A graduate of Huston-Tillotson College, Ms. Davis 
also holds a degree in business from The University of Texas at 
Arlington and has completed a course of study in mediation at North 
Lake College; and
	WHEREAS, Ms. Davis brings an impressive range of expertise 
and experience to her work as a principal of DRD Bookkeeping and Tax 
Service, Davis and Associates Real Estate, and Deralyn Riles Davis 
and Associates Consulting and Mediation, and her business acumen is 
much admired by her professional peers; and
	WHEREAS, She is also an active participant in the important 
work of electoral politics, serving as president emeritus and state 
chair of the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats and as a member of 
the Democratic National Committee; and
	WHEREAS, The first woman appointed to serve on the Texas 
Board of Corrections, Ms. Davis has been accorded a number of 
well-deserved honors, including a Profile of Courage Award from the 
Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, an Education Award from the 
Texas Legislative Black Caucus, and a Human Development Award from 
the Texas State NAACP; and
	WHEREAS, Those Texans who give of their time and talents to 
make a better world indeed merit our heartfelt praise and 
gratitude, and through her many outstanding efforts Deralyn Riles 
Davis has distinguished herself as one such individual; now, 
therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby honor Deralyn Riles Davis 
on receiving an Outstanding Texan Award from the Texas Legislative 
Black Caucus and extend to her sincere best wishes for the future; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Ms. Davis as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.