Bill Text: TX HR1079 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of retired Texas Department of Public Safety trooper Brian Clint Worley.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-19 - Reported enrolled [HR1079 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1079-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1079 |
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
a close with the passing of retired Texas Department of Public | ||
Safety trooper Brian Clint Worley on December 26, 2022, at the age | ||
of 54; and | ||
WHEREAS, Brian Worley was born in Denton on March 11, 1968, to | ||
Fred and Sue Worley, and he grew up with four siblings, Hapi, Shane, | ||
Tyson, and Misty; he graduated in 1987 from Rains High School, where | ||
he was a star basketball, baseball, track, and football athlete and | ||
the recipient of All-District honors; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following his completion of the Kilgore College | ||
Police Academy in 1991, Mr. Worley began his law enforcement career | ||
with the Mount Pleasant Police Department; he was honored with | ||
multiple commendations during his tenure, and he received a Life | ||
Saving Award, as well as the District Commander's Award; he also | ||
initiated the Selective Traffic Enforcement Program, and he was | ||
involved with the Juvenile Gang Intervention Task Unit; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Worley subsequently graduated from the Texas | ||
Department of Public Safety trooper training academy, and he was | ||
first stationed in Cooper in 1996 and then in Sulphur Springs; | ||
highly respected, he was named Trooper of the Year in 1998, and he | ||
garnered the DPS Chief's Award for his actions that resulted in | ||
criminal arrests and drug seizures; additionally, he was commended | ||
by the FBI for his assistance in the apprehension of counterfeit | ||
currency; he retired from DPS in 2009; and | ||
WHEREAS, Above all else, Mr. Worley was a loving and devoted | ||
father to his two treasured children, Emily and Caden; he also | ||
adored his dogs, Buster, Buddy, and Puppy, as well as his horses, | ||
Legacy and Jasper; he was a man of great faith, and he endeared | ||
himself to others with his warm and caring nature; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Brian Worley is deeply missed, memories of | ||
his kindness, his strength, and his dedication to his family and his | ||
fellow citizens remain to comfort and inspire those he leaves | ||
behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Brian Clint Worley | ||
and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to | ||
his daughter, Emily Diane Worley; to his son, Caden Matthew Worley; | ||
to the mother of his children, Kelly Worley; to his brothers, Shane | ||
Worley and Tyson Worley and his wife, Jennifer; to his sister, Misty | ||
Mattson, and her husband, Jay; to his parents, Fred and Sue Worley; | ||
to his nieces and nephews, Jacob, Trenton, Ty, Kennedy, Brooks, and | ||
Cannon; to his special friend, Keith Kenemore; and to all others who | ||
mourn his passing; 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 adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Brian | ||
Worley. | ||
Hefner | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1079 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 19, 2023. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||