H.R. No. 125

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The city of Houston lost an admired business leader
	with the passing of Lee Price Moncrief on July 27, 2008, at the age
	of 57; and
	WHEREAS, The son of Rosemary Drennan and George Price
	Moncrief, Lee Moncrief was born on July 12, 1951, in Colorado City,
	Texas; he spent much of his childhood in the southern part of the
	state, but his father's work as a petroleum engineer also took the
	family to Tyler and to McComb, Mississippi, during Lee's youth; he
	graduated from McAllen High School in 1969 and then studied at Texas
	A&M University before earning a degree in business from The
	University of Texas at Austin in 1974; and
	WHEREAS, Moving to Houston in the mid-1970s, he embarked on a
	successful career in the energy industry that spanned 33 years;
	specializing in the areas of finance, investment banking, and asset
	management, he ultimately helped found Moncrief Willingham Energy
	Advisors in 1999; in addition, he served as the investment manager
	of HedgeEnergy and was a member of the Independent Petroleum
	Association of America for 20 years; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Moncrief was joined in matrimony to Nancy
	Eversole in 1976, beginning their 32 years together; Mr. Moncrief
	was deeply devoted to his family, which came to include four sons,
	Lee, Logan, Matthew, and Andrew, and he took great delight in the
	many activities they shared together; and
	WHEREAS, Possessing an enduring love of the ocean, Mr.
	Moncrief was an avid sailor who held a 100-ton captain's license and
	piloted his boat, Regency, to a variety of destinations, including
	ports of call in New England, Florida, and the Caribbean; his
	interest in nautical endeavors was recognized with his commission
	as an admiral in the Texas Navy; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Moncrief further indulged his enjoyment of the
	outdoors through his hobbies of fishing, rafting, camping, hiking,
	and golf; he also relished the opportunities he had to travel
	throughout the United States and to visit foreign countries; and
	WHEREAS, This respected and influential Texan was active in a
	variety of organizations; a strong supporter of the Boy Scouts of
	America, he served as scoutmaster and committee chair of Troop 55
	and as a member of the board of directors of the Sam Houston Area
	Council; his involvement with The University of Texas included
	membership in the Hermes Society of the McCombs School of Business,
	the Longfellow Society, the UT Golf Club, Texas Exes, and the
	executive committee of the Chancellor's Council; moreover, he
	belonged to the Roaring Fork Club, the Lakewood Yacht Club, and the
	Houston City Club; and
	WHEREAS, Although his time on this earth ended far too soon,
	Lee Moncrief lived a caring and purposeful life that balanced
	professional success with an abiding commitment to his loved ones,
	and his achievements will long be treasured by those who had the
	good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lee Price Moncrief and
	extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife,
	Nancy; to his sons, Lee Price Moncrief, Jr., and his wife, Brooke,
	Logan Anderson Moncrief, Matthew Henry Hunter Moncrief, and Andrew
	Sharp Moncrief; to his sister, Marcia Moncrief Goodless, and her
	husband, Michael; to his mother-in-law, Mrs. Henry W. Eversole; to
	his brother-in-law, Henry W. Eversole, Jr., and his wife, Merry
	Jane; to his sister-in-law, Lona Eversole Forester; to his uncle,
	Joseph Moncrief, and his wife, Bette; 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 Lee Price
	Moncrief.
	Woolley
	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. 125 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House