H.R. No. 2172



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The Lampasas community suffered a major loss with 
the untimely passing of Fred E. Lowe on March 22, 2005, at the age of 
52; and
	WHEREAS, A third-generation newspaper executive, he was born 
on April 26, 1952, in Temple, to Ward and Joyce Lowe, part owners 
and publishers of the Lampasas Dispatch and the Lampasas Record, 
which in 1984 merged to become the Lampasas Dispatch Record; and
	WHEREAS, As an eight-year-old, Fred Lowe began working in the 
mailroom of the family business, where by age 10 he had accumulated 
skills in photography and working with hot type, and he later served 
as a coeditor of his high school newspaper; and
	WHEREAS, He graduated with honors from The University of 
Texas at Arlington with a bachelor of business administration 
degree, worked for the Arlington Citizens-Journal as a photographer 
while an undergraduate, and spent high school and college summers 
as a camp counselor and photographer; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Lowe's distinguished career as a newsman 
included tenures as advertising manager and general manager for his 
family's publications and publisher of the Copperas Cove 
Leader-Press; he served as president of Hill Country Publishing 
Company, Inc., which owned the Lampasas Dispatch Record, as 
president of the Texas Press Association, and as Texas state 
chairman of the National Newspaper Association; and
	WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, this proud father always had 
time to watch his daughters at their track meets and basketball 
games, and he enjoyed photography, tennis, and gardening, as well; 
and
	WHEREAS, His volunteerism benefited the Lampasas ISD Blue 
Ribbon Task Force Committee, New Covenant Church, the Lampasas 
Spring Ho Festival Committee, the Courtyard Square Association, and 
the Lampasas County Development Foundation, among other 
organizations; and
	WHEREAS, Fred Lowe was a blessing in the lives of countless 
people, and he will forever be remembered for his commitment to his 
family and his community; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 79th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Fred E. Lowe and 
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, 
Anne Lowe; to his daughters and their husbands, Clair and Alfred 
Mayo and Abby and Spencer Smith; to his brother, Jim Lowe, and his 
wife, Gail; to his parents-in-law, Ab and Esther Cooper; and to all 
who mourn the passing of this beloved 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 Fred E. 
Lowe.

                                                                            Hupp



                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 2172 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on May 27, 2005.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House