H.R. No. 30

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A rich and generous life drew to a close with the
	passing of Lester Booth Whitton of Kerrville on March 10, 2008, at
	the age of 86; and
	WHEREAS, The son of William Alford Whitton and Jewell Myrtle
	West, Mr. Whitton was born in Nacogdoches County on February 22,
	1922; during World War II, he served in the Cavalry Reconnaissance
	Troop of the Third Army and was wounded in battle in Germany in
	1945; his valor was recognized with a Purple Heart and two Bronze
	Stars; and
	WHEREAS, After his discharge, Mr. Whitton earned his
	bachelor's degree in civil engineering from The University of Texas
	at Austin, where he met and married Rachel Louise Stiefel; the
	couple moved to Kerrville, and Mr. Whitton worked in construction
	for his wife's father, Earl Stiefel, before starting his own
	planning and engineering business; Mr. Whitton also supervised
	construction for the San Antonio firm Noonan & Krocker; he became a
	registered professional engineer in 1957 and designed banks, office
	buildings, and residences across the Hill Country; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Whitton was a prominent figure in the local
	community, serving on the Kerrville Board of Adjustments and
	Appeals for 27 years and on the board of trustees of the Kerrville
	Public Utility Board; he was also a member of the Kiwanis Club and
	took an active role at the First Presbyterian Church, where he was a
	deacon, an elder, and an officer of the building committee; and
	WHEREAS, A loving husband and devoted father, Mr. Whitton was
	proud to share in the raising of his three children, Alan, Brian,
	and Pam; he relished family gatherings, where he would greet his
	grandsons with a new joke, listen to their stories, and regale them
	with tales of hopping freight trains to Galveston and other
	adventures from his youth; he also enjoyed hunting with family and
	friends, viewing the beauty of nature, and watching his favorite
	football teams, the UT Longhorns and the Dallas Cowboys; and
	WHEREAS, Although Lester Whitton is deeply missed, he made an
	indelible mark on the Kerrville area through his design work and
	dedicated civic service, and his family and friends will long
	remember his warmth and generosity and the many wonderful times
	spent in his company; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lester Booth Whitton
	and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his
	wife of 62 years, Rachel Whitton; to his sons, Alan Whitton and his
	wife, Marsha, and Brian Whitton; to his daughter, Pam Whitton, and
	her husband, Jim Haymes; to his grandsons, Justin, Ryan, and Kevin
	Whitton and Austin and Sean Haymes; to his sister, Anne W. Hill; to
	his niece, Becky Hunt; 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 Lester
	Booth Whitton.
	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. 30 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House