H.R. No. 2308

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the heartache felt
	at the loss of U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Johnnie V. Mason of Rio
	Vista, who died while bravely serving his country on December 19,
	2005, at the age of 32; and
	WHEREAS, Assigned to the 717th Ordnance Company, 184th
	Ordnance Battalion, 52nd Ordnance Group, Staff Sergeant Mason was
	killed when a roadside bomb detonated near his Humvee in
	Mahmudiyah, Iraq; and
	WHEREAS, Americans owe a profound debt to our nation's
	servicemen and servicewomen, whose courageous efforts and enormous
	sacrifices are deserving of their fellow citizens' deepest respect
	and gratitude; and
	WHEREAS, Exemplifying the highest ideals of the U.S. armed
	forces, Johnnie V. Mason inspired others with his fortitude,
	tenacity, and courage; although his death leaves a void in the lives
	of his loved ones, they will forever carry memories of this heroic
	Texan close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Staff Sergeant
	Johnnie V. Mason and extend deepest sympathy to all those who mourn
	his passing; 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
	Staff Sergeant Johnnie V. Mason.
	Orr
	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. 2308 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on May 18, 2007.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House