| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, The Reverend Alvertice Bowdre, Jr., has served as a |
|
|
member of the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Fighting Association |
|
|
since 1986, and at the age of 78, he continues to render essential |
|
|
assistance; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Born in Thyatira, Mississippi, on July 21, 1930, |
|
|
Alvertice Bowdre was educated in Mississippi and Texas and became |
|
|
one of the first graduates of Southwestern Christian College; like |
|
|
his father, he was called to the ministry, and for more than half a |
|
|
century he has led Church of Christ congregations in Oklahoma, |
|
|
Indiana, Tennessee, and Texas; he is currently the minister of the |
|
|
Highway 6 Church of Christ in Navasota; through the years, he also |
|
|
worked as a property manager and juvenile probation officer, and he |
|
|
has been employed as a sales associate at Sears since 2001; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, This industrious and civic-minded Texan has given |
|
|
generously of his time and talents to numerous community |
|
|
organizations; he participated on a committee addressing urban |
|
|
renewal issues in the 1970s and has served as a 4-H Club leader and |
|
|
Cub Scout master; moreover, he was the first president of his alma |
|
|
mater's alumni association, and Southwestern Christian College |
|
|
recognized his noteworthy contributions in 2006 by naming one of |
|
|
its largest annual recruitment events Alvertice Bowdre, Jr., High |
|
|
School Day; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Courageous and deeply committed to public safety, |
|
|
Reverend Bowdre has earned the high admiration of his fellow |
|
|
firefighters, and his skill and calm demeanor are invaluable to the |
|
|
response team for the Waller-Harris Emergency Service District; the |
|
|
fire fighting association accorded him its Distinguished Service |
|
|
Award in 2007, and the following August it named a building in his |
|
|
honor; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Reverend Bowdre has touched many lives by providing |
|
|
aid, comfort, and compassion in times of distress, and his |
|
|
dedication to the people of his community is a source of tremendous |
|
|
inspiration to all who know him; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby commend the Reverend Alvertice Bowdre, Jr., for |
|
|
his service to the Prairie View Volunteer Fire Fighting Association |
|
|
and extend to him best wishes for continued success and happiness; |
|
|
and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Reverend Bowdre as an expression of high regard by the |
|
|
Texas House of Representatives. |