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                                                                  H.R. No. 1418



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, May 1, 2005, marks a special milestone in the life of 
David Regan McCoy of Dallas, for on that day he is celebrating his 
50th birthday to the delight of his family and friends; and
	WHEREAS, The son of Milas and Mary Ann McCoy, David McCoy 
narrowly missed being a native of New Mexico, where his family was 
living at the time he was due, but fate intervened when his mother 
gave birth to him on May 1, 1955, in Lubbock, and anyone who knows 
this outstanding Texan would have to agree with the statement that 
he is indeed the Real McCoy; and
	WHEREAS, Returning to Texas as fast as he could, he was a 
resident of Lubbock again by the time he turned four and later moved 
with his family as a young teen to Devine, where he would graduate 
from high school in 1974; although an avid Texas Tech Red Raider 
fan, Mr. McCoy attended Abilene Christian University after high 
school, and his next move was to Austin, where he underwent a 
transformation inexplicable to his worried older sister, Joyce 
McCoy Swinford, and her husband, David; to this day they continue to 
marvel at where they went wrong in attempting to guide this easily 
influenced man, who despite their best efforts is today none other 
than a diehard, burnt-orange, Hook-'em-Horn-slingin' Longhorn fan; 
and
	WHEREAS, After pledging eternal sports allegiance to UT, Mr. 
McCoy moved to Dallas, where he has lived happily ever after; he 
earned a degree from the Dallas Institute of Funeral Services and 
began a career with the Restland Funeral Home, and he has served the 
company well for the past 25 years; and
	WHEREAS, Providing reassurances of some semblance of 
remaining youth to their loved one, David, as he hits the 
half-century mark are the members of his devoted family, which 
include, in addition to Representative and Mrs. Swinford, his 
beloved mother, Mary Ann McCoy, his nephew, Chris Swinford, and his 
wife, Brenda, his niece, Melissa Bates, and her husband, Robert, 
and his great nephews, David Alan Swinford and Daniel Ellis 
Swinford and Phillip Regan Bates and William David Bates, each of 
whom can attest to the fact that this good guy fully lives up to the 
title of great-uncle; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby congratulate David Regan McCoy on the memorable 
occasion of his 50th birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes 
for many more years of success and happiness; and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for Mr. McCoy as an expression of high regard by the Texas 
House of Representatives.

                                                                        Swinford

                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1418 was adopted by the House on May 
2, 2005, by a non-record vote.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House