H.R. No. 576
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Family and a host of friends are mourning the
  untimely loss of U.S. Army Specialist Brandon A. Meyer of Canyon,
  who died in Iraq on January 28, 2008, at the age of 20; and
         WHEREAS, A gunner with the 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry
  Regiment, Specialist Meyer was an Airborne-trained expert marksman
  based at Fort Carson in Colorado Springs, Colorado; he was mortally
  wounded while riding in a convoy near his station in Mosul; and
         WHEREAS, This courageous young man was born on February 3,
  1987, in Beatrice, Nebraska; he spent his childhood in St. Louis,
  Missouri, and in 2001 moved to Canyon, where he attended high
  school; after graduating in 2005, he studied biology at Concordia
  University in California before enlisting in January 2007, out of a
  desire to defend his country; and
         WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and
  this country, Specialist Meyer embodied the highest ideals of the
  United States armed forces, and the blessing of his life will be
  forever cherished by those who were privileged to share in his love
  and affection; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Specialist Brandon
  A. Meyer and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family:
  to his parents, Terry and Genia Meyer; to his sister, Desiree Meyer;
  and to all those who mourn his passing; 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 Specialist
  Brandon A. Meyer.
 
  Smithee
  Swinford
  Chisum
 
 
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 Pena
 
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. 576 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on February 24, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House