H.C.R. No. 102


HOUSE CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times, loving memories, and meaningful accomplishments may console and comfort the family and friends of G. W. Worth, Jr., of San Antonio, who passed away on July 24, 2004, at the age of 64; and WHEREAS, Born on September 25, 1939, in Birmingham, Alabama, Bill Worth attended Northside High School and graduated from Texas A&M University, where he studied business and was a member of the Corps of Cadets; and WHEREAS, After college, he returned to San Antonio and worked with his uncles in the family business, McDonough Bros.; he became president and chief executive officer of its successor, Redland Worth Corporation, and in 1990, he went on to found Worth Enterprises, a prosperous real estate development company, and, five years later, Medallion Homes, a major San Antonio homebuilding company; and WHEREAS, A devoted family man and valued member of his community, Mr. Worth belonged to the University United Methodist Church, but he gave generously to churches of all denominations as well as to numerous charitable causes; and WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman will long be remembered for his compassion and his generosity, and his spirit will long endure in the hearts of those individuals who were fortunate enough to have known him; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the 79th Legislature of the State of Texas hereby pay tribute to the life of G. W. Worth, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his beloved wife, Darolyn Worth; to his daughter, Lisa Suzanne Worth and her husband, Thomas Craig Glendenning; to his son, William McDonough Worth and his wife, Mary Martinez Worth; to his stepdaughter-in-law, Karen Magaro and her husband, Dan; to his sister-in-law, Beverly Estep and her husband, David; to his first cousin, Alice Irvin and her husband, Larry; to his grandchildren, Morgan Paige Lucas, Garrett Rex Lucas, Krystal Dawn Butler Magaro, Carl William Butler Magaro, Kyle Daniel Magaro, Kellie Jordan Kost, G. W. "Trey" Worth III, William "Billy" Martinez Worth, and Julian McDonough Worth; 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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of G. W. Worth, Jr. Menendez 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 ______________________________ ______________________________ President of the Senate Speaker of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 7, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House I certify that H.C.R. No. 102 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the Senate on May 5, 2005. ______________________________ Secretary of the Senate APPROVED: __________________ Date __________________ Governor