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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Rawley Glenn McCoy, father, husband, architect, and |
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public servant, died unexpectedly at home on Friday, March 5, 2021; |
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born on May 22, 1950, in Victoria, he was the son of the late Fred |
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William McCoy and Selma (Sally) Sarlls McCoy; and |
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WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Rawley may have been the only student |
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at Victoria High School to be a National Honor student while also |
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being enrolled in the vocational program; in his high school |
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drafting class, Lefty Sexton, head of the vocational program at |
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VHS, asked the class if there was a volunteer who would like a |
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summer drafting job at Warren Young Architects; of course, Rawley |
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raised his hand and discovered his love of architecture and his |
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lifelong profession; in order to work during his last two years of |
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high school and attend accelerated academic classes, he gave up |
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varsity basketball and tennis and enrolled as a vocational student; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In pursuit of his architect dream, Rawley attended |
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Victoria College and thereafter earned both Bachelor of |
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Environmental Design and Master of Architecture degrees at Texas |
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A&M University, receiving the Texas Architectural Foundation 1974 |
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and 1975 Jesse H. Jones Scholarships; returning to Victoria in |
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1975, he began his career working for his longtime mentor, Warren |
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Young, forming Young and McCoy Architects in 1979 and operating the |
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firm until 1995; and |
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WHEREAS, Rawley then started his own successful practice, |
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Rawley McCoy and Associates; RMA Architects and Interior Designers, |
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PLLC, also includes architects William Berger, Patrick Ohrt, Brad |
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Kocurek, Chris Pylar, and Allie McGehee, along with Dennis Hughes, |
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senior project manager, and Brian Parker, project manager, Ryan |
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Sprinkle, interior designer, and Karen Pantel, accounting and human |
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resources; the firm designed many notable projects in Victoria and |
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throughout Texas; his architecture work in the community became his |
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passion and only bolstered his love for his hometown of Victoria; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, This passion for his community seeded his desire to |
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enter public service; in 2019, the community he loved elected him |
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mayor; as mayor, Rawley was known as a true leader who worked |
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tirelessly with the city and county to improve Victoria and serve |
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the community; he promoted unity, collaboration, government |
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transparency, and advocacy for those who had not had a voice or seat |
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in government; and |
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WHEREAS, Rawley was also a spiritual man and a devoted and |
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active member of St. Francis Episcopal Church; he obtained a |
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theological Education for Ministry (EFM) four-year program |
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certificate from the School of Theology, Sewanee; and |
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WHEREAS, Rawley's public service included participation in |
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many civic organizations; he was past president and board member of |
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the Victoria Downtown Rotary, past president and board member of |
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Trinity School, chairman of the City of Victoria Building and |
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Standards Commission and Board of Adjustments and Appeals, and a |
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member of the VISD Career Technology Advisory Committee; he was a |
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recipient of the Gulf Bend MHMR Center 2018 "Community Champion |
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Award" and a Gulf Bend Regional Collaborative volunteer who worked |
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on mental health care legislative issues to improve mental health |
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care in a seven-county region; he was also a member of the American |
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Institute of Architects, the Texas Society of Architects Houston |
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Chapter, the Harvey Recovery Task Force and Government Affairs |
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Sub-Committee, and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as a voting |
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member of the Victoria Economic Development Corporation (VEDC) and |
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many more organizations; Rawley "wore many hats"; and |
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WHEREAS, Rawley's love for his community was only outshone by |
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his love of his family; his life will forever be cherished by those |
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he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Rawley Glenn McCoy |
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and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to the |
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love of his life, his wife, Kay Klotzman McCoy; to his children, |
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Kristin Erin McCoy Holub and her husband, Jaime, Timothy Jordan |
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McCoy and his wife, Grete, and Kathryn Caroline McCoy; to his |
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brothers, Fred McCoy and his wife, Claire, and Gary McCoy and his |
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wife, Pat; to his sister, Beverly McCoy; to his grandchildren, |
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Matthew, Caroline, and Natalie Holub, Lillian and Charles McCoy, |
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and Anika and Liv McBath; to his nieces and nephews; and to his |
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other relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Rawley |
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Glenn McCoy. |