H.R. No. 2824
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt by
  his family and friends at the loss of U.S. Marine Corps Staff
  Sergeant Archie A. Taylor of Tomball, who died in Afghanistan on
  March 14, 2009, at the age of 37; and
         WHEREAS, Assigned to the 2nd Intelligence Battalion, 2nd
  Marine Expeditionary Force Headquarters Group, 2nd Marine
  Expeditionary Force, out of Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, Sergeant
  Taylor died while serving his country in Kabul; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Montgomery County on November 5, 1971,
  Archie Taylor was a 20-year veteran of the U.S. armed forces; he
  enlisted in the U.S. Army in 1989 and served until 1995, and he
  continued his service with the Army National Guard until 1997; and
         WHEREAS, In 2001, Sergeant Taylor joined the U.S. Marine
  Corps and served as a counterintelligence specialist; after two
  tours of duty in Iraq, he was deployed to Afghanistan in January
  2009; and
         WHEREAS, During his long and distinguished military career,
  Sergeant Taylor earned many decorations and commendations,
  including the Navy and Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Marine
  Corps Good Conduct Medal, the Combat Action Ribbon, the Army
  Achievement, Commendation, and Good Conduct Medals, the Iraq
  Campaign Medal, and the National Defense Service Medal, to name but
  a few; and
         WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and
  women whose love for their country inspires them to take up military
  service, but the tragic death of this brave and dedicated marine is
  a sobering reminder of the cost of war; Sergeant Taylor devoted more
  than half of his life to defending his nation, and those who knew
  and loved him will forever carry him close in their hearts; now,
  therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Staff Sergeant Archie
  A. Taylor and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; 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 Archie
  Taylor.
 
  Fletcher
 
 
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. 2824 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on May 29, 2009.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House