| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, Our esteemed colleague, the Honorable John Raney, is |
|
|
receiving his 50th anniversary Masonic service pin in 2019; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Representative Raney first joined the Masons in |
|
|
1969, and he has been an active member of a number of Masonic |
|
|
organizations in the Brazos Valley, including the Blue Lodge in |
|
|
Bryan and St. Alban's Lodge No. 1455 in College Station, as well as |
|
|
the Robert E. Lee Lodge No. 431 in Henderson; in addition, he |
|
|
served as District Deputy Grand Master of District 29A in 2002; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, A regular member of the Houston Scottish Rite, 33rd |
|
|
Degree, Representative Raney served as president of the Steve Cooke |
|
|
Scottish Rite Club in College Station; moreover, he is affiliated |
|
|
with the York Rite Ivanhoe Commandery in Bryan and the Arabia Temple |
|
|
in Houston; he has also served as president of the Brazos Valley |
|
|
Shrine Club; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Representative Raney is a sixth-generation Texan |
|
|
and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan and Texas |
|
|
A&M University, Class of 1969; he founded the Texas Aggieland |
|
|
Bookstore in 1969, and he has served in leadership roles with the |
|
|
Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and the Republican Party |
|
|
of Brazos County; moreover, he has been an active member of First |
|
|
United Methodist Church for nearly six decades; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Since 2011, John Raney has represented House |
|
|
District 14 in the Texas Legislature, where he has served with |
|
|
distinction as vice chair of the Higher Education Committee and as a |
|
|
member of the International Relations and Economic Development, |
|
|
Appropriations, Transportation, and House Administration |
|
|
Committees, among others; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, For the past half century, John Raney has |
|
|
exemplified the highest ideals of Freemasonry, and it is indeed a |
|
|
pleasure to join in recognizing him for this remarkable |
|
|
accomplishment; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable John Raney on his |
|
|
receipt of a 50th anniversary Masonic service pin and extend to him |
|
|
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for Representative Raney as an expression of high regard |
|
|
by the Texas House of Representatives. |