H.R. No. 26
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the
  passing of longtime Brady resident Gilbert Currie on August 26,
  2007, at the age of 61; and
         WHEREAS, Gilbert "Buttermilk" Currie was born in Brady on
  April 9, 1946, to James Arthur Currie and Myrtle Mae Maxwell Currie;
  in 1965 he was joined in matrimony to Jacqueline Potter, and he
  provided for his family by working as a custodian for the Brady
  Independent School District for 20 years until his retirement in
  2004; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Currie was active in his community as a member of
  the Brady Masonic Lodge, the Jaycees, and the First United
  Methodist Church of Brady; he founded His Hands Ministry in the late
  1980s and served as the lay director and a host mentor for the Heart
  of Texas Emmaus community; and
         WHEREAS, Combining his concern for others with a love of
  cooking, Mr. Currie helped to organize the first Brady/McCulloch
  County Chamber of Commerce World Championship Goat Cook-Off and
  served as head cook for the annual event for 25 years; he was also
  the head cook for his church's annual July Jubilee Barbecue for many
  years; and
         WHEREAS, Held in high regard by other community leaders, Mr.
  Currie was asked to act as Santa Claus numerous times by the chamber
  of commerce, the members of his church, and the Brady ISD; in 1986
  he was named Citizen of the Year, and in 2000 the chamber of
  commerce presented him with the organization's Lifetime
  Achievement Award; in addition, he was the winner of the first
  Bishop's Exemplar Award from the Southwest Texas Conference of the
  United Methodist Church; and
         WHEREAS, Devoted to his family, his faith, and his community,
  Gilbert Currie was a generous and warmhearted man who gave of his
  time and energy to help others, and his kindness and compassion will
  forever be remembered by those who knew and loved him; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Gilbert Currie and
  extend sincere condolences to the members of his family:  to his
  wife, Jackie Currie; to his daughters, Sarah Moulden and her
  husband, Matthew, and Stacy Fisher and her husband, Jordan; to his
  brothers, J. T. Currie and his wife, Helma, J. W. Currie, and Job
  Currie and his wife, Cathy; to his sister, Ida Mae Isom; to his
  brothers-in-law, Kenneth Parum, Butch Airheart, John Potter and his
  wife, Vickie, Jimmy Potter and his wife, Norma, and Joe Potter and
  his wife, Billie; to his sister-in-law, Faye Currie; 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 Gilbert
  Currie.
 
  Hilderbran
 
 
Straus Gattis Menendez
 
Allen Geren Merritt
 
Alonzo Giddings Miklos
 
Alvarado Gonzales Miller of Comal
 
Anchia Gonzalez Toureilles Miller of Erath
 
Anderson Guillen Moody
 
Aycock Gutierrez Morrison
 
Berman Hamilton Naishtat
 
Bohac Hancock Oliveira
 
Bolton Hardcastle Olivo
 
Bonnen Harless Orr
 
Branch Harper-Brown Ortiz, Jr.
 
Brown of Kaufman Hartnett Otto
 
Brown of Brazos Heflin Parker
 
Burnam Hernandez Patrick
 
Button Herrero Paxton
 
Callegari Hilderbran Peña
 
Castro Hochberg Phillips
 
Chavez Hodge Pickett
 
Chisum Homer Pierson
 
Christian Hopson Pitts
 
Cohen Howard of Fort Bend Quintanilla
 
Coleman Howard of Travis Raymond
 
Cook Hughes Riddle
 
Corte Hunter Rios Ybarra
 
Crabb Isett Ritter
 
Craddick Jackson Rodriguez
 
Creighton Jones Rose
 
Crownover Keffer Sheffield
 
Darby Kent Shelton
 
Davis of Harris King of Parker Smith of Tarrant
 
Davis of Dallas King of Taylor Smith of Harris
 
Deshotel King of Zavala Smithee
 
Driver Kleinschmidt Solomons
 
Dukes Kolkhorst Strama
 
Dunnam Kuempel Swinford
 
Dutton Laubenberg Taylor
 
Edwards Legler Thibaut
 
Eiland Leibowitz Thompson
 
Eissler Lewis Truitt
 
Elkins Lucio III Turner of Tarrant
 
England Madden Turner of Harris
 
Farabee Maldonado Vaught
 
Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey
 
Farrar Marquez Villarreal
 
Fletcher Martinez Vo
 
Flores Martinez Fischer Walle
 
Flynn McCall Weber
 
Frost McClendon Woolley
 
Gallego McReynolds Zerwas
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 26 was unanimously adopted by a rising
  vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House