H.R. No. 435

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A loving family and many friends and colleagues
	mourn the loss of Lieutenant James Lee Sunderland, Sr., of the Val
	Verde County Sheriff's Department, who died in the line of duty on
	June 30, 2006, at the age of 46; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Edinburg on February 2, 1960, James
	Sunderland graduated from Edinburg High School in 1978; after
	working as a mechanic for 10 years, he answered the call to serve
	and protect and entered the Hidalgo County Peace Officers Academy;
	and
	WHEREAS, After a year as a temporary deputy, Mr. Sunderland
	became a permanent deputy in the Val Verde County Sheriff's
	Department in 1989; at the time of his death, he had been protecting
	the citizens of the county for 18 years and had attained the rank of
	lieutenant as well as a master peace officer certificate; and
	WHEREAS, An inspiration to his colleagues, Lieutenant
	Sunderland showed compassion and concern to those he came in
	contact with as a peace officer; his door was always open to the
	officers under his command, and he treated them as family, with
	kindness and respect; and
	WHEREAS, A devoted husband and father and a devout
	churchgoer, Lieutenant Sunderland enjoyed the simple pleasures of
	life; he loved working with his hands and spending time with his
	family; he was proud that his son Jimmy served alongside him in the
	sheriff's department; and
	WHEREAS, The untimely death of this brave public servant is a
	tragic loss, but his family, friends, and community may take
	comfort in his long and dedicated service to the people of Val Verde
	County and in his sterling example to his fellow peace officers;
	now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby honor the life of James Lee Sunderland, Sr., and
	offer sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife
	of 26 years, Juanell Lynn Sunderland; to his children, James Lee
	Sunderland, Jr., Jeremy Lynn Sunderland, Jennifer Lynn Sunderland,
	and Jessica Lorraine Sunderland; to his parents, Carl G. Sunderland
	and Emma Sunderland; to his brothers, Carl G. Sunderland III and
	Randall Lee Sunderland; to his sister, Judy Ann Altemeyer; and to
	his other relatives and friends; 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 James Lee
	Sunderland, Sr.
	Gallego
	Craddick Gattis Miles
	Allen Geren Miller
	Alonzo Giddings Moreno
	Anchia Gonzales Morrison
	Anderson Gonzalez Toureilles Mowery
	Aycock Goolsby Murphy
	Bailey Guillen Naishtat
	Berman Haggerty Noriega
	Bohac Hamilton O'Day
	Bolton Hancock Oliveira
	Bonnen Hardcastle Olivo
	Branch Harless Orr
	Brown of Kaufman Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
	Brown of Brazos Hartnett Otto
	Burnam Heflin Parker
	Callegari Hernandez Patrick
	Castro Herrero Paxton
	Chavez Hilderbran Pena
	Chisum Hill Phillips
	Christian Hochberg Pickett
	Cohen Hodge Pierson
	Coleman Homer Pitts
	Cook of Navarro Hopson Puente
	Cook of Colorado Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
	Corte Howard of Travis Raymond
	Crabb Hughes Riddle
	Creighton Isett Ritter
	Crownover Jackson Rodriguez
	Darby Jones Rose
	Davis of Harris Keffer Smith of Tarrant
	Davis of Dallas King of Parker Smith of Harris
	Delisi King of Taylor Smithee
	Deshotel King of Zavala Solomons
	Driver Kolkhorst Strama
	Dukes Krusee Straus
	Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
	Dutton Latham Talton
	Eiland Laubenberg Taylor
	Eissler Leibowitz Thompson
	Elkins Lucio III Truitt
	England Macias Turner
	Escobar Madden Van Arsdale
	Farabee Mallory Caraway Vaught
	Farias Martinez Veasey
	Farrar Martinez Fischer Villarreal
	Flores McCall Vo
	Flynn McClendon West
	Frost McReynolds Woolley
	Gallego Menendez Zedler
	Garcia Merritt Zerwas
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 435 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on April 27, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House