H.R. No. 604
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and
meaningful accomplishments may comfort the family and friends of
Sidney Walker Cowan, Jr., of Del Rio, who died on February 21, 2004,
at the age of 67; and
WHEREAS, Sid Cowan was born in El Paso to Elizabeth Bean and
Sidney Walker Cowan, Sr., on March 14, 1936; reared throughout West
Texas, he learned the value of hard work at his father's gas
distribution company and his uncle's farm and ranch; and
WHEREAS, Following his graduation from Fort Hancock High
School, he studied at Texas Tech University and later graduated
from New Mexico A&M University in Las Cruces; and
WHEREAS, While this esteemed Texan enjoyed his newfound
career as a buyer for Swift and Company, he longed for the farms and
ranches of his youth and returned to West Texas in 1959 to join his
father as a partner in Circle C Ranches; a decade later, he took on a
second job as a federal crop inspector and was eventually promoted
to the position of assistant state director for the Federal Crop
Insurance Program in Texas; and
WHEREAS, The 1970s saw another career change for Mr. Cowan;
inspired by his uncle, an attorney, he moved his family to San
Antonio, where he worked a full-time job while earning his juris
doctorate from St. Mary's Law School; after his graduation, he was
employed as an assistant district attorney for Bexar County and
later worked with a private law firm before founding Cowan & Cowan
in Del Rio with his son, David; and
WHEREAS, Never forgetting his roots, Mr. Cowan was a champion
of the working man and a lifelong member of the Democratic party,
which he served as a precinct chair and election judge; in
recognition of his service, he was named the 1998 Val Verde County
Democratic Party's Democrat of the Year; and
WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Sid Cowan will
remember his zest for life and his love of family and community;
although he 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 Sidney Walker
Cowan, Jr., and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his
family: to his sons, David Clay Cowan and his wife, Dolores, James
Breck Cowan, and John Paul Cowan and his wife, Cindy; to his
grandchildren, Joshua, Courtney, Amanda, James, Sydney, Lauren,
Jeffrey, and Nathan Cowan and Bailey, Valerie, and Alexis Smith; to
his son-in-law, Charles Smith; and to the other relatives and many
friends of this much-loved 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 Sidney
Walker Cowan, Jr.
Gallego
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. 604 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on March 17, 2005.
______________________________
Chief Clerk of the House