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