H.R. No. 891R E S O L U T I O N WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Army Sergeant Barry Kenneth Meza of Seguin suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this valiant soldier in Kuwait on December 19, 2004, at the age of 23; and WHEREAS, Assigned to the 180th Transportation Battalion at Fort Hood, Sergeant Meza was on his third tour of the war-torn region when he was killed; he was awarded a Bronze Star for bravery in service to his country; and WHEREAS, This loving son, brother, and father graduated from Clear Creek High School, where he was a valued member of the Naval ROTC; described by friends and relatives as kind, outgoing, and fun-loving, Sergeant Meza cherished his family and enjoyed baseball and hunting; and WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military service, yet the tragic death of this exemplary young man is a sobering reminder of the cost of war; Sergeant Meza embodied the highest ideals of the U.S. Armed Forces, and those who knew and loved him will forever carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas Legislature hereby pay special tribute to the life of Sergeant Barry Kenneth Meza and extend profound sympathy to the members of his family: to his sons, Richard Meza and Barry Meza, Jr.; to his mother and stepfather, Tammy and Mark Brazle; to his sister, Rachael Meza-Cantu, and her husband, Domingo; to his grandparents, Vera and Julian Meza, Sr., and Helen and Roy Elliott; and to the other relatives and many friends of this beloved young 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 U.S. Army Sergeant Barry Kenneth Meza. Kuempel 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. 891 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on April 14, 2005. ______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House