H.R. No. 63
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, After nearly 20 years of exemplary service with the
Texas Department of Transportation, Vernon "Neal" Billings is
retiring from his position as manager of the Judge Roy Bean Visitor
Center in Langtry; and
WHEREAS, A native of Del Rio, this noteworthy gentleman
attended Texas A&I University in Kingsville and Sul Ross State
University in Alpine, and before joining TxDOT, he was employed as a
manager at the Winters Ranch Company in Del Rio; and
WHEREAS, Since 1987, Mr. Billings has served as manager of
the Judge Roy Bean Visitor Center, one of 12 travel information
centers across the state; he has overseen the operation and
maintenance of the popular site, and in 1996, he supervised a $1
million renovation project of the entire complex; and
WHEREAS, Dedicated to the needs of his fellow residents of
Val Verde County, Mr. Billings has served on the boards of the
Langtry Community Center, the Langtry Water System, and the
Comstock Independent School District; and
WHEREAS, His retirement from the State of Texas will mark a
new chapter for Neal Billings, affording him more time to spend with
his wife, Eddie Jean, and their two children, J. J. and Neal; as he
reflects on his career, he will no doubt treasure the many fond
memories he holds of the people he has met through the years; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby honor Vernon "Neal"
Billings for his exceptional tenure with the Judge Roy Bean Visitor
Center and the Texas Department of Transportation and extend to him
sincere best wishes for a happy and fulfilling retirement; and, be
it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr. Billings as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
Gallego
Craddick Geren Menendez
Allen of Harris Giddings Merritt
Allen of Dallas Gonzales Miller
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Moreno of Harris
Anchia Goodman Moreno of El Paso
Anderson Goolsby Morrison
Bailey Griggs Mowery
Baxter Grusendorf Naishtat
Berman Guillen Nixon
Blake Haggerty Noriega
Bohac Hamilton Oliveira
Bonnen Hamric Olivo
Branch Hardcastle Orr
Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Otto
Brown of Brazos Hartnett Paxton
Burnam Hegar Pena
Callegari Herrero Phillips
Campbell Hilderbran Pickett
Casteel Hill Pitts
Castro Hochberg Puente
Chavez Hodge Quintanilla
Chisum Homer Raymond
Coleman Hope Reyna
Cook of Navarro Hopson Riddle
Cook of Colorado Howard Ritter
Corte Hughes Rodriguez
Crabb Hunter Rose
Crownover Hupp Seaman
Davis of Harris Isett Smith of Tarrant
Davis of Dallas Jackson Smith of Harris
Dawson Jones of Lubbock Smithee
Delisi Jones of Dallas Solis
Denny Keel Solomons
Deshotel Keffer of Dallas Strama
Driver Keffer of Eastland Straus
Dukes King of Parker Swinford
Dunnam King of Zavala Talton
Dutton Kolkhorst Taylor
Edwards Krusee Thompson
Eiland Kuempel Truitt
Eissler Laney Turner
Elkins Laubenberg Uresti
Escobar Leibowitz Van Arsdale
Farabee Luna Veasey
Farrar Madden Villarreal
Flores Martinez Vo
Flynn Martinez Fischer West
Frost McCall Wong
Gallego McClendon Woolley
Gattis McReynolds Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 63 was adopted by the House on August
1, 2005, by a non-record vote.
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Chief Clerk of the House