Bill Text: TX HCR16 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Florence Marie Hall on her posthumous induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-27 - Signed by the Governor [HCR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HCR16-Enrolled.html
| H.C.R. No. 16 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Florence Marie Hall, a philanthropist and admired | ||
| member of the Panhandle business community, is being posthumously | ||
| inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame on April 30, 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Petroleum Hall of Fame, established in 1967 by | ||
| the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, recognizes | ||
| individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the | ||
| development of the petroleum industry or have served as worthy | ||
| examples to those in the petroleum industry; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The daughter of Granville and Florence Hall, Marie | ||
| Hall was born in Big Spring; she graduated from The Hockaday School | ||
| and Southern Methodist University and served as director of the | ||
| State National Bank of Big Spring; deeply devoted to West Texas, she | ||
| distinguished herself through her extensive charitable efforts; in | ||
| 2011, she founded the FMH Foundation to support organizations and | ||
| programs focused on health sciences, rural health care, performing | ||
| and visual arts, and community and cultural endeavors, and over the | ||
| years, the foundation has provided nearly 600 grants to more than | ||
| 130 agencies; Ms. Hall was president of the foundation until her | ||
| passing in 2017; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Among her accolades, Ms. Hall was named the 1987 | ||
| Woman of the Year by the Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce and an | ||
| Outstanding Philanthropist by the Permian Basin Chapter of the | ||
| Association of Fundraising Professionals; moreover, she received | ||
| an honorary degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences | ||
| Center as well as the Rosalind Redfern Library Benefactor Award and | ||
| the Turner Award from the Museum of the Southwest; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through her enduring commitment to Big Spring and | ||
| communities across West Texas, Marie Hall built a legacy that will | ||
| continue to resonate in the years to come, and she is indeed a | ||
| worthy addition to the Petroleum Hall of Fame; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas | ||
| hereby honor the memory of Florence Marie Hall on the occasion of | ||
| her posthumous induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame and pay | ||
| tribute to her life and achievements; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives and Senate. | ||
| Craddick | ||
| ______________________________ | ______________________________ | |
| President of the Senate | Speaker of the House | |
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 16 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not | ||
| voting. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
| I certify that H.C.R. No. 16 was adopted by the Senate on | ||
| March 13, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| APPROVED: __________________ | ||
| Date | ||
| __________________ | ||
| Governor | ||
