Bill Text: TX HR1319 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Sam Milton Bussey, Jr., of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1319-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Sam Milton Bussey, Jr., of Dallas.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1319 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1319-Introduced.html
82R21390 MGR-D | ||
By: Johnson | H.R. No. 1319 |
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WHEREAS, Friends and family are mourning the loss of an | ||
esteemed Texan, Sam Milton Bussey, Jr., of Dallas, who passed away | ||
on March 13, 2011, at the age of 86; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Shelby County on July 1, 1924, to Sam Milton | ||
Bussey, Sr., and Lona Bussey, Sam Bussey, Jr., moved to Dallas in | ||
1948; he founded the Bussey Trucking company, which he led as | ||
president, and the family business has been in operation for nearly | ||
five decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, A strong supporter of civic and arts organizations, | ||
Mr. Bussey contributed to educational institutions such as Paul | ||
Quinn College, Wiley College, and St. Philip's School and Community | ||
Center, as well as to the Urban League of Greater Dallas and North | ||
Central Texas, the Black Academy of Arts and Letters, and the March | ||
of Dimes; through the Sam and Ruth Bussey Foundation, he and his | ||
wife donated to the Dallas Black Dance Theatre and other groups, and | ||
he was recognized for his generosity by the Martin Luther King, Jr. | ||
Community Center, the African American Museum Dallas, and the | ||
Dallas Regional Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Bussey enjoyed gardening and playing dominoes | ||
in his free time; a member of Riverside Missionary Baptist Church | ||
for a half-century, he also served as an usher there; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Ruth, with whom he shared 64 | ||
years, Mr. Bussey's family included five children, Milton, | ||
Anthony, Beverly, Ladine, and the late Larry Bussey, who preceded | ||
his father in death; and | ||
WHEREAS, Sam Bussey, Jr., will be deeply missed by all those | ||
who were privileged to share in the richness of his life, and they | ||
will forever remember him with admiration and affection; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Sam Milton Bussey, | ||
Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to | ||
his wife, Ruth Ola Bussey; to his sons, Milton Bussey and his wife, | ||
Cheryl, and Anthony Bussey and his wife, Levon; to his daughters, | ||
Beverly Gipson and her husband, Joseph, and Ladine Gathwright and | ||
her husband, Willie; to his brothers, Warren, Thomas, and William | ||
Bussey; to his sisters, Addie Bussey, Evie Curry, and Tilda Holman; | ||
to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; 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 Sam Bussey, | ||
Jr. |