Bill Text: TX HR1104 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Don Sewell of Nocona.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-04-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1104 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1104-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1104 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Don Sewell of Nocona, who passed away on July 11, 2018, at the age | ||
of 84; and | ||
WHEREAS, Don Sewell was born in Nocona on November 28, 1933, | ||
to Lee and Mary Jo Sewell; he was joined in matrimony to the love of | ||
his life, Mildred McCord, and he took great pride in their three | ||
children, Karen, Janna, and Sanda; over the years, Don and "Mackie" | ||
Sewell were further blessed with three sons-in-law, Chuck Johnson, | ||
Larry Fenoglio, and Donnie Fenoglio, and 10 grandchildren, Denise | ||
Coffman, Brandon Johnson, Jade Bennett, Brady, Chance, Tanner, | ||
Trevor, Tate, and Magye Fenoglio, and the late Lane Fenoglio; and | ||
WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Sewell | ||
enlisted in the U.S. Army during the Korean War; after his military | ||
service, he returned to his hometown and became an active member of | ||
the Nocona Lions Club and Bethel Baptist Church, where he taught | ||
Sunday school, sang with the choir, and served as a deacon; in 1971, | ||
he was named as Nocona's Citizen of the Year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Don Sewell lived a rich and purposeful life devoted | ||
to his family, faith, and community, and he immeasurably enriched | ||
the lives of all who had the good fortune to share in his love and | ||
friendship; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Don Sewell and extend | ||
sincere condolences to all 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 Don Sewell. | ||
Springer | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1104 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 12, 2019. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||