H.R. No. 594
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt
at the loss of U.S. Army Sergeant Johnny Joe Peralez, Jr., of
Falfurrias, who died in Iraq on January 5, 2006, at the age of 25;
and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Peralez served as a combat medic with the
3rd Battalion, 16th Field Artillery, 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 4th
Infantry Division; since joining the military in 1999, he had
served tours in Kosovo, Afghanistan, and Iraq; and
WHEREAS, Born and reared in the Lone Star State, Sergeant
Peralez graduated from Falfurrias High School, where he was a
member of the Fightin' Jersey boys' tennis squad and participated in
the band, student council, and one-act plays; and
WHEREAS, A man who gave his best effort to everything he cared
about, this courageous Texan performed his dangerous mission with
dedication and professionalism; his unfaltering devotion to duty,
honor, and his country reflected the highest ideals of the armed
forces, and his fellow citizens owe him a debt of gratitude that the
passage of time can never diminish; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay special tribute to the
life of Sergeant Johnny Joe Peralez, Jr., and extend sincere
sympathy to the members of his family: to his mother, Virginia
Garcia; to his father, Johnny J. Peralez, Sr.; to his grandmother,
Carmen Arellano; to his sister, Nina Kristine Peralez; to his
brothers, Romeo Villa and Jessie Rene Peralez; to his grandparents,
Pedro Vasquez and Joe and Tomasa Peralez; to his girlfriend, Luisa
Reyes; 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 Sergeant
Johnny Joe Peralez, Jr.
Escobar
Craddick Giddings McReynolds
Allen Gonzales Menendez
Alonzo Gonzalez Toureilles Merritt
Anchia Goodman Miller
Anderson Goolsby Moreno
Bailey Griggs Morrison
Berman Grusendorf Mowery
Blake Guillen Naishtat
Bohac Haggerty Nixon
Bonnen Hamilton Noriega
Branch Hamric Oliveira
Brown of Kaufman Hardcastle Olivo
Brown of Brazos Harper-Brown Orr
Burnam Hartnett Otto
Callegari Hegar Paxton
Campbell Hernandez Pena
Casteel Herrero Phillips
Castro Hilderbran Pickett
Chavez Hill Pitts
Chisum Hochberg Puente
Coleman Hodge Quintanilla
Cook of Navarro Homer Raymond
Cook of Colorado Hope Reyna
Corte Hopson Riddle
Crabb Howard of Fort Bend Ritter
Crownover Howard of Travis Rodriguez
Davis of Harris Hughes Rose
Davis of Dallas Hunter Seaman
Dawson Hupp Smith of Tarrant
Delisi Isett Smith of Harris
Denny Jackson Smithee
Deshotel Jones of Lubbock Solis
Driver Jones of Dallas Solomons
Dukes Keel Strama
Dunnam Keffer of Dallas Straus
Dutton Keffer of Eastland Swinford
Edwards King of Parker Talton
Eiland King of Zavala Taylor
Eissler Kolkhorst Thompson
Elkins Krusee Truitt
England Kuempel Turner
Escobar Laney Uresti
Farabee Laubenberg Van Arsdale
Farrar Leibowitz Veasey
Flores Luna Villarreal
Flynn Madden Vo
Frost Martinez West
Gallego Martinez Fischer Wong
Gattis McCall Woolley
Geren McClendon Zedler
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 594 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 15, 2006.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House