H.R. No. 805


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Throughout the 79th Texas Legislature, the Honorable Roy Blake, Jr., has rendered outstanding service to the citizens of the State of Texas; and WHEREAS, Representative Blake has worked tirelessly on behalf of the constituents of District 9, which includes Jasper, Nacogdoches, Sabine, San Augustine, and Shelby Counties; and WHEREAS, The public service record of this fifth-generation Texan includes twice being elected mayor of Nacogdoches; he is also a former member of the Deep East Texas Council of Governments and of the Alliance for I-69; and WHEREAS, Over the years, Representative Blake has made significant contributions to his community as past president of the United Way Board and chairman of the Nacogdoches County Chamber of Commerce; moreover, he was the president of the Deep East Texas Development Association and is a member of the Nacogdoches Rotary Club; and WHEREAS, Representative Blake gives unstintingly of his time and expertise in behalf of his fellow citizens, and his unwavering commitment to the Lone Star State and its people merits special recognition; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commend Representative Roy Blake, Jr., for his service as state representative of District 9 and extend to him best wishes for the future; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Representative Blake as an expression of high regard by his colleagues in the Texas House of Representatives. Dukes Craddick Gonzales Menendez Allen Gonzalez Toureilles Merritt Alonzo Goodman Miller Anchia Goolsby Moreno Anderson Griggs Morrison Bailey Grusendorf Mowery Berman 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 Giddings McReynolds ______________________________ Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 805 was adopted by the House on May 15, 2006, by a non-record vote. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House