Bill Text: TX HCR118 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of former Hidalgo County Commissioner Oscar L. Garza Jr. of Edinburg.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-06-18 - Signed by the Governor [HCR118 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HCR118-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 118 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The residents of Hidalgo County lost an admired | ||
| civic leader when Oscar L. Garza Jr. passed away on January 18, | ||
| 2014, at the age of 57; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Edinburg to Oscar Garza Sr. and Yolanda | ||
| Garza, Oscar Garza devoted his life to making his community an even | ||
| better place in which to live; after gaining work experience as a | ||
| realtor and broker at Manning Realty and subsequently as manager of | ||
| La India Ranch, he began a career in public service as a bailiff for | ||
| Hidalgo County Court at Law No. 3 in 1981; four years later, he was | ||
| elected to office as justice of the peace for Hidalgo County | ||
| Precinct 4, Place 2, a role in which he served for six years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Garza went on to manage the produce company | ||
| Bronco Bananas for several years, and in 1998, he returned to | ||
| elected office as the Hidalgo County Precinct 4 commissioner; over | ||
| the course of his 12-year tenure in that post, he demonstrated | ||
| exceptional leadership in numerous county improvement projects, | ||
| such as developing critical flood protection, enhancing | ||
| infrastructure in area colonias, and constructing a juvenile | ||
| justice center to provide counseling, education, and job training | ||
| for at-risk youth; he later pursued a successful career as a land | ||
| developer; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A devoted family man, Mr. Garza enjoyed the love and | ||
| companionship of his wife, the former Imelda Bazan, his high school | ||
| sweetheart with whom he shared more than three and a half decades of | ||
| marriage; over the years, the couple were blessed with two | ||
| children, Brenda and Oscar, and three grandchildren, Julian Joe, | ||
| Savannah, and Chloe; and | ||
| WHEREAS, "Big O," as he was known to his loved ones, instilled | ||
| in his family the importance of giving back to the community, and | ||
| each Christmas, the Garzas delivered presents to local | ||
| underprivileged children; moreover, he and his wife were founding | ||
| members of the Edinburg North High School FFA Booster Club and | ||
| helped create the Cougar and Fiesta Classics, stock shows that | ||
| raised funds for scholarships; he also gave generously of his time | ||
| as an auctioneer for a number of worthwhile events and | ||
| organizations, including the St. Joseph Catholic School | ||
| Turkeyfest, the Linn-San Manuel Cook-off, the Hidalgo County 4-H | ||
| Hoedown, the Driscoll Children's Hospital, the American Diabetes | ||
| Association, the Muscular Dystrophy Association, and many others; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Mr. Garza was an avid | ||
| outdoorsman who loved camping, fishing, hunting, showing cattle, | ||
| and roping, and one of his proudest achievements was touring the | ||
| country as a competitor in the United States Team Roping | ||
| Championships circuit; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Oscar Garza Jr. possessed a strength of character | ||
| and a generosity of spirit that won him the admiration of many | ||
| people, and he is deeply missed by all those whose lives were | ||
| enriched by his warmth, humor, and fun-loving personality; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 84th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby pay tribute to the memory of Oscar L. Garza Jr. and his | ||
| notable record of service to the people of Hidalgo County; 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 and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of | ||
| Oscar L. Garza Jr. | ||
| Canales | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 118 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 118 was adopted by the Senate on May | ||
| 30, 2015, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
