H.R. No. 219
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, With the passing of Benito G. Rodriguez on June 21,
2004, at the age of 85, South Texas has lost a valiant patriot, a
hardworking entrepreneur, and an irreplaceable pillar of the
community; and
WHEREAS, Well known to his fellow Edinburg residents for more
than four decades as the owner of Benny's Dry Goods, a popular
western wear store, Mr. Rodriguez was also a veteran of World War
II, and throughout his life he took pride and pleasure in recalling
his service to his country; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Rodriguez enlisted in the Army at the age of 21,
immediately before the country's entry into World War II, and it was
while performing the difficult and hazardous duties of a machine
gunner that he was injured in an engagement with Japanese troops;
and
WHEREAS, On returning to Edinburg, he proceeded to build his
successful business while raising a family, instilling his tireless
work ethic and steadfast honesty in his own children by example; and
WHEREAS, Representative Aaron Pena has justly paid tribute to
the life of Benito G. Rodriguez by passing this resolution in his
behalf during the Regular Session of the 79th Texas Legislature;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas
Legislature hereby honor the memory of Benito G. Rodriguez of
Edinburg and extend sincere sympathy to his family: to his wife,
Petra Rodriguez; to his children and their spouses, J. Humberto and
Norma Rodriguez, Becky Rodriguez, Ricardo and Arlene Rodriguez, and
Benny Rodriguez, Jr., and his wife, Rosie; to his grandchildren,
Audra, J., Ricky, Brianna, Amanda, Deandra, Benjamin, and Abraham
Rodriguez, Billy and Laura Guerra, and Christopher and Aissa Luna;
and to his other relatives and many friends.
Pena
Gonzales
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. 219 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House