H.R. No. 34

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Joe H. Foy of Kerrville, a respected attorney and
	businessman and an admired community leader, passed away on
	September 17, 2007, at the age of 81; and
	WHEREAS, Born on August 16, 1926, in Henderson, Tennessee,
	Joe Foy graduated from Freed Hardeman College before serving his
	country in the U.S. Navy; he continued his education at the Georgia
	Institute of Technology and Vanderbilt University, where he earned
	a bachelor's degree in 1948 and a juris doctorate in 1950; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Foy subsequently began his legal career in Texas
	as the city attorney for San Angelo and as a partner in the firm of
	Hardeman, Smith & Foy; he joined the Houston Natural Gas
	Corporation as general counsel in the mid-1960s and went on to serve
	as its president for 15 years; following the company's merger with
	InterNorth to create Enron in 1985, he served on its board of
	directors until 2000; he retired as a senior partner in the
	international law firm of Bracewell & Patterson; and
	WHEREAS, Dedicated to his community, state, and nation, this
	esteemed Texan undertook a diplomatic mission during the
	administration of President Jimmy Carter and contributed his
	leadership to myriad local organizations; through the years, he was
	a board member of Schreiner University, the Community Foundation of
	the Texas Hill Country, the Kerrville Performing Arts Society,
	Symphony of the Hills, and the Museum of Western Art; in addition,
	he was a valued congregant of Kerrville Church of Christ; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Foy was supported in his endeavors by his wife,
	the former Martha Overall, with whom he shared nearly six decades of
	marriage and raised two children, Joe H. Foy, Jr., and Melissa Foy
	Dreier; and
	WHEREAS, Although residents of Kerrville and the Lone Star
	State are saddened by the loss of Joe Foy, they will long treasure
	their memories of him as a man of great vision, generosity, and
	ability; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Joe H. Foy and extend
	sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Martha
	Overall Foy; to his children, Joe H. Foy, Jr., and Melissa Foy
	Dreier and her husband, Greg; to his grandchildren, Timothy Andrew
	Dreier and Carrie Elizabeth Dreier; 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 Joe H. Foy.
	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. 34 was unanimously adopted by a rising
	vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House