H.R. No. 2946
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, A successful entrepreneur and longtime civic leader
  in El Paso, Barry Organ Coleman, passed away on May 9, 2015, at the
  age of 83; and
         WHEREAS, Born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 1931,
  Mr. Coleman worked at Walgreens as a youth and received a company
  scholarship to study at the University of Arkansas College of
  Pharmacy; he was stationed in El Paso while serving in the United
  States Army and adopted it as his hometown; in 1960, he and his
  wife, Barbara, opened Coleman Pharmacy, and over the years, they
  built the business into a chain of 11 stores; he served his
  profession in numerous capacities, including as president of the
  Texas Pharmacy Association; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Coleman was deeply committed to public health,
  and he was one of the first to advocate for pharmacies to end
  tobacco sales; he chaired the El Paso City-County Board of Health,
  and he gave generously of his time and resources to The University
  of Texas at El Paso Cooperative Pharmacy Program; in 2014, he and
  his wife established a professorship at the UTEP College of Health
  Sciences to research issues along the Mexican border; he also
  benefited the wider community through his service at the helm of
  many organizations, among them the El Paso County Historical
  Society, the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and the El Paso
  Downtown Kiwanis Club; moreover, he was active in Democratic
  politics, and he was a deacon at University Presbyterian Church;
  and
         WHEREAS, Devoted to his family and his community, Barry
  Coleman made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved ones
  and fellow citizens alike, and he will be fondly remembered for
  years to come; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
  Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Barry Organ Coleman
  and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
  wife of 56 years, Barbara Forester Coleman; to his children,
  Russell F. Coleman and his wife, Martha, Anne Coleman Hartley and
  her husband, Mark, Regan Coleman, Douglas Coleman and his wife,
  Colleen Morris, and Hugh Coleman and his wife, Bernadette; to his
  grandchildren, Michael Coleman, Catherine Hartley, Margaret
  Coleman, Sarah Coleman, Grace Coleman, Russell Barry Coleman, John
  Coleman, Ben Coleman, Hugh J. Coleman, Helena Coleman, and Summer
  Hartley; and to his many other relatives and 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 Barry
  Coleman.
 
  Márquez
 
  ______________________________
  Speaker of the House     
 
         I certify that H.R. No. 2946 was unanimously adopted by a
  rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015.
 
  ______________________________
  Chief Clerk of the House