H.R. No. 1841

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, The city of Houston lost an admired business and civic leader on September 27, 2012, when Lloyd McReynolds passed away at the age of 85; and

WHEREAS, A fourth-generation Houstonian, "Bland" McReynolds was born on August 18, 1927, to Lloyd and Hazel McReynolds; he overcame polio as a young child and was playing on a basketball team by the time he was a teenager; he later helped lead a local Sea Scout troop and participated in civil defense exercises; in 1946, he graduated from The Kinkaid School, and in 1950, he earned a bachelor's degree from Southern Methodist University, where he was a member of Alpha Tau Omega fraternity; and

WHEREAS, After college, Mr. McReynolds returned to Houston to work for the family business, Universal Printing, for several years, before selling it to begin what would become a long and successful career in real estate and investment; a prominent figure in his professional community, Mr. McReynolds helped organize the Houston Apartment Association, served as the first president of the Texas Apartment Association, and cofounded Pan American Land Company; moreover, he established and owned Bland McReynolds Interests and River Oaks Commercial Corporation and was the general partner of West Belt Crossing; and

WHEREAS, Civically engaged, Mr. McReynolds served as chair of the Houston City Planning Commission, president of the Zoological Society of Houston, and director of Civil Defense under three mayors; he was also active with local causes supporting property rights and taxpayer interests, and he was part of the Houston host committee to re-elect President Gerald Ford; in addition, he was a director and chair of the board of Union Bank of Houston, and served as a director of numerous other financial institutions in the area; in addition, Mr. McReynolds was director and president of the River Oaks Property Owners Association and a cofounder and director of the National Foundation for Ileitis and Colitis; and

WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan married LaNelle Ueckert in 1959 and they became the parents of three children, Melanie, John, and Joseph; at the age of 70, he married the former Judy Baumann and they shared 15 rewarding years together; and

WHEREAS, Mr. McReynolds was a member of the Navy League of the United States and a colonel in the Commemorative Air Force, and in his leisure time, he loved flying friends and family around in his prized PA 31P Navajo airplane; an avid outdoorsman, he enjoyed skeet shooting and bird hunting, and he also took great pleasure in boating with family and friends on Lake McQueeney; he was a member of River Oaks Country Club, the Coronado Club, the Key Club, Lake Breeze Ski Lodge, and the Greater Houston Gun Club; and

WHEREAS, Friendly and outgoing, Bland McReynolds made a positive difference in countless lives through his dedication to the city he was proud to call home, and he will be remembered with great admiration by all those who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lloyd "Bland" McReynolds and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Judy Baumann; to his children, Melanie Lehmberg and her husband, Tim, John M. McReynolds and his wife, Karen, and Joseph Bland McReynolds; to his grandchildren, Katy George and her husband, Stephen, Scott, Grant, and Matthew Buchanan, Francie Krienitz and her husband, Dean, and Cameron, Laura Anne, Ellie, J. D., and Sarah McReynolds; to his sister, Dorothy Browne; 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 Bland McReynolds.

Bohac

______________________________ Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 1841 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 8, 2013.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House