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                                                                  H.R. No. 279


R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times, loving moments, and meaningful accomplishments may comfort the family and friends of Guillermo D. Franco of Clint, who died on December 13, 2004, at the age of 61; and WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Clint, Mr. Franco was a heavy equipment operator for the International Boundary and Water Commission; he was a veteran of the U.S. Army who had valiantly served his country in the Vietnam War; and WHEREAS, Willie Franco will be remembered for his love of family and his contributions to his country; although his presence will be greatly missed, his legacy will live on in the hearts of those whose lives he so richly blessed; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Guillermo D. Franco and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Mary; to his sons, Guillermo Franco, Jr., Eduardo S. Franco, and Samuel Franco; to his daughter, Patricia Marie Franco; to his granddaughter, Madeline Raye Franco; to his brothers, Enrique and Juan Franco, Jr.; to his sisters, Maria de Jesus Franco, Maria Alicia Grijalva, and Maria Antonia Macias; and to the other family members and many friends of this loved and respected man; 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 Guillermo D. Franco. Quintanilla 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. 279 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on February 24, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House