Bill Text: TX HR16 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of the Reverend Dr. George V. Clark of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-09 - Reported enrolled [HR16 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR16-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 16 |
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort | ||
those saddened by the passing of the Reverend Dr. George V. Clark of | ||
Austin on April 21, 2022, at the age of 92; and | ||
WHEREAS, George Clark was born to the Reverend Amos Clark and | ||
Helen Rutledge Clark in Webberville on July 24, 1929; following a | ||
tour of duty in the military, he earned a bachelor's degree from | ||
Huston-Tillotson University and a master of divinity degree at the | ||
Seminary of the Southwest; he completed his education at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin and the Andover Newton Seminary at | ||
Yale University, and he received an honorary doctorate from | ||
Huston-Tillotson; and | ||
WHEREAS, Reverend Clark was ordained as a minister at College | ||
Heights Baptist Church in Austin, and he served as pastor for | ||
St. Mary's Baptist Church in Pflugerville and Sweet Home Baptist | ||
Church in Round Rock; in 1970, he assumed the pulpit of Mt. Zion | ||
Baptist Church in Austin, where for half a century he ably guided | ||
the congregation; he was also involved in a number of faith-based | ||
organizations; in addition to his pastoral work, he was a teacher in | ||
the Round Rock Independent School District, and he held several | ||
positions with the Texas Rehabilitation Commission, including | ||
director of training and director of the Office of Civil Rights; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Reverend Clark enjoyed the | ||
love and support of his wife, Bobbie Jean Higgins Clark, with whom | ||
he shared a fulfilling union that spanned more than 40 years until | ||
her passing in 2001; he took great pride in his two children, Vicki | ||
and Vincent, and he had the pleasure of seeing his family grow to | ||
include three grandchildren, Tony, Sydney, and Mary, and three | ||
great-grandchildren, Carlton, Amari, and Antoni; and | ||
WHEREAS, George Clark lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
centered around his faith and his family, and he will long be | ||
remembered with deep affection by those who had the pleasure to know | ||
him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of the Reverend | ||
Dr. George V. Clark 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 the | ||
Reverend Dr. George Clark. | ||
Cole | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 16 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on March 8, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||