Bill Text: TX HR1137 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of volunteer firefighter cadet Donald Mize of League City.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-12 - Reported enrolled [HR1137 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1137-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1137 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The citizens of League City are mourning the loss of | ||
| volunteer firefighter cadet Donald Mark Mize, who passed away on | ||
| March 6, 2013, at the age of 63; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of Harvey Donald and Ona Elizabeth Mize, | ||
| Donald Mize was born on December 2, 1949; raised in the Denver | ||
| Harbor area of Houston, he graduated from Austin High School and | ||
| went on to earn a master's degree in education; he made his career | ||
| as an educator, teaching first in Galveston and later in the Clear | ||
| Creek Independent School District before retiring from teaching | ||
| high school students in 2012; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This accomplished Texan was active in his community | ||
| in a number of ways; he held membership in the Galveston Historical | ||
| Foundation, helping to secure official designations for historic | ||
| sites, and in retirement he joined the Texas State Guard, completed | ||
| the Citizens Police Academy in League City, and applied to become a | ||
| cadet with the League City Volunteer Fire Department, fulfilling a | ||
| lifelong dream; a man of faith as well, he attended St. Mary's | ||
| Catholic Church and belonged to the Knights of Columbus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Mize was devoted to his family, including his | ||
| wife, Theresa, and his daughter, Stacey; he also welcomed into his | ||
| family two stepsons, Keith and James, and two grandsons, Jordan and | ||
| Connor; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although he will be deeply missed, Donald Mize | ||
| leaves behind a wealth of memories that will long be treasured by | ||
| all those fortunate enough to have known him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Donald Mize and extend | ||
| sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Theresa | ||
| Mize; to his daughter, Stacey Mize; to his grandsons, Jordan and | ||
| Connor; to his stepsons, Keith and James Kahanek; to his mother, Ona | ||
| Elizabeth Mize; to his brother, James Mize; to his sister, Rebecca | ||
| Mize; and to his other relatives and friends; 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 Donald | ||
| Mize. | ||
| Bonnen of Galveston | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1137 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on April 10, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
