H.R. No. 2954

R E S O L U T I O N

WHEREAS, During the 84th Legislative Session, the State of Texas lost a number of accomplished residents of House District 19, whose legacies live on through the loved ones and achievements they leave behind; and

WHEREAS, Gone but forever remembered by those who knew them as devoted husbands, wives, fathers, mothers, grandparents, mentors, role models, and friends are the following individuals: Christine Cormier, Hubert Sims, Robbie Foley, Sam Allen, Joseph Burnett, Betty Skinner, Nettie Patel, Kayla Dickerson, Tommy Anders, Larry Ryan Jr., Eugene Hare, Thomas Briggs, Jimmie Simmons, Chad Drake, John Brumley Jr., James Holbert, James Bobo, Donnie Walters Sr., William Smith, Ronnie Wright, Thomas Brown Jr., Harry Van Whitten, Charles Gokey, Ronald "Bean" Bryant, Scott Sloan, Olive Friedrich, Berry Ramsey, Glenn Blessman, Garvis Busby, John McCracken Sr., Myrtle Thompson, Ferrelin Joe Walker, Shirley Willis, Fleta Manning, John Paul Feeley, Barbara Moore, Vera Jean Jeane, Melvin Winkle, John Haure, Eunice James, James Jackson, Virgil Segrest, Roy Williams, Martha Idom, Pluma Sajjad, JoAnn Guillory, Raymond Childs Jr., John McClure, Charles Soileau, Richard Holmes, Wanda "Betty" Beard, Judy McDowell, Jimmy Harris Sr., John Stephen Jr., Robert Hess, Jodi Rupersburg, Ola Powell, Robert Hunter, Jimmy Mize, Mark Chesson, Eugene Martinez, Ashley Allen, Sherry Marek, Lillie Drabek, Wilbert Vilo, James "Jim" Simmons Jr., Brandy Scott, James Piper, Beverly McCaffety, Hildegaarde Reynolds, Melvin Slough Jr., Ivan Reid, Clayton Hearne, Anita Barlow, Robert Willis, Marlene Ricemen, Frances Taft, Charles Gandy, John Sartor, Ed Overmyer Jr., Kyi'leigh Loftin, Koltyn Loftin, Dy'cin Webb, Haven Webb, Kenneth Quave, Beverly Waldrep, Jennifer Ingram, Sarah Powell, Paul Wood, Ronald Weatherly Sr., Brenda Thompson, Stella Parten, Steve Reynolds, Perry Williams, Kimberley Ankney, Lucille Kemp, Katrina Hoffman, Ruby Charlton, Melvin Cohen, Mary Jane Foland, Jackie Holmes, Maxine Sharp, Douglas Franks, Ouida Wilson, Betty Rose, Sylvia Roy, Alvin Foster, Bobby Taylor, Annie McDaniel, Charlie Busby, Betty Pixley, Robert Parks, Willie O'Neal, Richard "Sonny" Brannan Jr., Faye Crowell, Hugh Means, James Raymond Hoke, Bertha Thomas, Sandra West, Roy Mize, Elaine Spell, James Simmons, Malcolm Worrell, Earl Wheeland, Albert Swatsell, Smead Braswell, Albert Crews, Jessica Torres, Linda Stephenson, Bobby Barber, Cordie Skinner, Dianna Stark, Eugenia Taylor, LaTonia Fletcher, Joy Levy, Charles Tucker, James Martin, Lucy Spell, Billie McDonald, Keith Karr, Henry Parker, Eunice Herring, Julia Odom, Robert Ramsey, Arvel Bloomfield, James Ferguson, Donald Grisham, Maria Bebon, Ella Credeur, Tom Bell, Charles Colton, Rose Marie Johnson, Darlene Miller, Marion Henegar Sr., Sylvia McLemore, Terrell "Terry" Pace, Delores Burns, Lloy McKinney, Nathan King, Mother Maseline Criswell, Peggy Brunette, Mary Plaehn, Malcom Collier, Jerry McGee, Lena Edwards, Johnny Greer, Jack Lewis, Elizabeth Horace, Robert Jolly, Vivian McDaniel, Karen Brzowski, Karin Jacobsen, Kathleen Knittel-Griffin, Luther Thompson Sr., Linda Young, Marjory Brasfield, William "Buddy" Williamson, Wayne "Pops" Perkey, Peggy Truett, Alma Polley, Dorothy "Lois" Crawford, Mary Jo Williamson, George Palmer, Dorothy "Evelyn" Amerine, Lera "Little Sister" Sartain, Bobbie Walker, Daylene Clark, Eda Davis, Bessie Johnson, Blanche Owen, McKinley Willis, Esther Taucer, Barbara Dolleris-Dial, Gwen Boyett, Austin Thornton, Lavonda Beniot, Cynthia Warren, Mary Pearson, Sara Irvin, June Reid, Vera Loos, Gladys Barlow, Nona Fortune, Bertie Kyle, Mattie Scriba, Jayne "Pat" Greenhaw, Edell Walker, Ronnie Fillingim, Sharon Fillingim, Anita Smith, Bill Moren, Annie Slocum, Charles Breier, Birdie Bearss, Lulang King, Virginia AuBuchon, Bob Marsh, Betty Ricks, Chuck Coy, Willard Hill, Michael Atchinson, Betty Locke, Charles "Charlie" Golden, Foye Johnston, Wanda Warden, Mary Rash, Vivian Dixon, Doris Atchley, Kathleen Jarrell, Mark Allen David, Cason Herchman, Marvin Carroll, Harold Gross, Robert Roessler, Patrick O'Flaherty, Orville Schinke, Priscilla Marshall, Missionary Jessie Mae Harrell, Shartavia Davis, Oleta Edgar, Janet Gillentine, John Fordinal, Lloyd Bilbo Jr., Michael Moten, Phyllis Pelt, Robert Long, George Allen Kelly, William Cullens, Larry Morris, Clyde Chaddicks, Robert "Bob" Jones, Cecil Clark, Pamela Cox, Roy Allen, Tony Sunday Sr., Wanda Hogg, Haskell Sylestine, Sherry Shelton, Horace Yates, Dorothy White, Gwendolyn Smethers, Patricia "Patsy" Purks, Winnie Jennings, Jerry Grisham, Willie Mock, Mary Hicks, James Simmons, Lyndal Smith, Thomas Cline, Alvin Bayless Sr., Lawrence Denmon, Danny Morgan, Clara Reeves, Donald Nance, Danny Ferguson, Doris Elliott, Tina Chiasson, Jimmy Youngblood, Robert Rawls, Mary Clark, Judy Riley, Doris Brown, Betty Baldree, John Pounders, Stanley Orr, John French, Olene Boyett, Cynthia McCroskey, Arthur Davis, Carol Luckey, James "JR" Adams, Elaine Husbands, William "Billy" Biscamp, Nay Fussell, Jimmie Pickens, Margot Wheeler, Janis Yates, Afton Newman Jr., Warren Madere, Daryl Seagroves, Lynn Best, Charles "Cookie" Savell, Vernon LeDoux, James Koester, Charles Slade, Mary Vest, Elfriede Marie Cole, Bobbie Fowler, Mavis DeMars, Natalie Madeley, Robert Shuart, Lavanna McBride, Timothy Phillips Sr., Eleanore Smith, Jessie Yawn, Penny Carroll, Emily Mitchell, Mildred Slavik, Harriett Whitmire, James Bowen, Ernest Hulet, Glenda Noland, Martha Buchanan, Christopher Avery, Jean Taylor, Cary Crabb, Everette Lawson, Clara Snook, Dennis Lester, Edwin Battise, William Gray Jr., Novie Hicks, Jean Wiginton, Terry Dunn, Larry Ryans, Kenneth Graham, Faye Miller, Harold Shelton, Barbara Boss, Vernice Means, Arthur Brown, John Baswell, Samuel Karr Jr., Joe Hoffman, Ina Risner, John Spears Jr., Arnold Gibson, Francis Farr, Juanita Grigsby, Reverend Willie Hadnot, Richard Edwards, Richard Livingston, Julian Riuz, Richard Skinner, Mary Trammell, Tommye Dooley, William Sanders, Arelee Tipton, Hilario "Larry" Uvalle III, Betty Faye "Tibbs" Oliver, Jeanny Wooldridge, Dorothy Knebel, Dawn "Michelle" Swaim, Charles Hambrick, Elsie Westcott, Opal Koen, Jim Rios, Flossie Davis, Mary Alice Robinson-Cole, Syble Loving, Patricia Daberkow, Virginia Baker, Sammie Griffith, Cleo Railey, Harvey Simmons Sr., Erma Dubose, Roger Schell, Minnie McMillan, Cliff Cameron, D. L. Fussell Jr., Rowena Caraway, Billie O'Leary, Ricky Willis, Raymond Russ Sr., Armando Garza, Linda McGallion, Billie Leach, Edna Kelley, Harold Woods Jr., Douglas Hanson, Kathy Masters, Faye Cheek, Geraldine Willis, Ruth Spurlock, Michael Gay, Richard Chapman, Theda "Tee" Zellars, Joyce Barlow, Kathleen Taylor, Doris Jones, Peggy Williams, Bertha "Mimi" Price, James "Sonny" Farrow, Charles Cooper Sr., Ricky Taylor, Quentin Jones, Mary Miller, and Thelma Van Slyke; and

WHEREAS, Today, as we pause in remembrance of these esteemed men and women, we acknowledge the positive difference they made in the world during their years on this earth, and we honor their memories for the many ways they enhanced the communities in which they lived and worked; now, therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the lives of the residents of House District 19 heretofore mentioned and extend sincere sympathy to all those who mourn their passing.

White of Tyler

______________________________ Speaker of the House

I certify that H.R. No. 2954 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015.

______________________________ Chief Clerk of the House