H.R. No. 126

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Residents of Bunker Hill Village lost a beloved
	neighbor and a dedicated public servant on September 6, 2007, with
	the passing of Mayor William Harbert Marshall, Sr., at the age of
	62; and
	WHEREAS, Bill Marshall was born on April 9, 1945, to Carolyn
	and Cecil Marshall in Goose Creek and earned both a bachelor's and
	master's degree in chemical engineering from The University of
	Texas; and
	WHEREAS, After completing graduate school in 1970, Mr.
	Marshall worked for Exxon USA, Woodson-Kennard Properties, and the
	Brandt Company/TRW, Inc., where he served as vice president and
	director of leasing; he founded Novatec Companies, a developer of
	innovations in the oil and medical fields, in 1984; subsequently,
	in 1997, he became the business administrator for Chapelwood United
	Methodist Church; and
	WHEREAS, Community involvement was a consistent feature in
	the life of this esteemed Texan; he represented Bunker Hill Village
	on the local board of police commissioners, served as a member of
	the Bunker Hill Village City Council from 1991 to 1999, and  held
	the office of mayor from 1999 until his passing; a volunteer
	baseball coach for 13 years, he also founded the Memorial High
	School Community Network and served on the board of directors for
	the Houston Racquet Club and the Spring Branch-Memorial Sports
	Association, as well as on the administrative board for Chapelwood
	UMC; and
	WHEREAS, Mayor Marshall's civic engagement garnered him a
	number of awards; he was named Hometown Hero by Time Warner Cable in
	1996, given the Texas Association of Partners in Education Adult
	Volunteer of the Year award in 2003, and honored by the Boys and
	Girls Clubs of America in 2007 for his role in establishing the
	Spring Branch Family Development Center; moreover, he was named an
	honorary lifetime member of the Texas Congress of Parents and
	Teachers; and
	WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mayor Marshall enjoyed the
	love and support of his wife, the former Charlotte Simms, with whom
	he shared 35 years of marriage and raised three children; and
	WHEREAS, Bill Marshall gave abundantly of his time and
	talents in behalf of others, and his fervent commitment to
	achieving an even brighter future for the citizens of his community
	represented the very best in public service; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable William
	Harbert Marshall, Sr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members
	of his family: to his wife, Charlotte Simms Marshall; to his sons,
	William Harbert Marshall, Jr., and David Ammerman Marshall and his
	wife, Donna; to his daughter, Catherine Royce Marshall; to his
	mother, Carolyn Royce Marshall; to his sister, Royce Ann Romberg;
	and to his other relatives and many 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 William
	Harbert Marshall, Sr.
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	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. 126 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on February 26, 2009.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House