Bill Text: TX HR166 | 2011 | 82nd Legislature 1st Special | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of the Honorable Frank Harrington Crain of Victoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Reported enrolled [HR166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR166-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of the Honorable Frank Harrington Crain of Victoria.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-30 - Reported enrolled [HR166 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR166-Introduced.html
82S10980 JGH-D | ||
By: Morrison | H.R. No. 166 |
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WHEREAS, The Lone Star State lost a distinguished jurist and | ||
admired civic leader with the death of the Honorable Frank | ||
Harrington Crain, who passed away on June 9, 2011, at the age of 90; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Victoria, Frank Crain was born on | ||
January 21, 1921, to Francis Harrington and Corinne Staerker Crain; | ||
he graduated from Patti Welder High School and went on to attend | ||
Schreiner Institute and The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following the bombing of Pearl Harbor in 1942, Mr. | ||
Crain joined the U.S. Army and served his country with distinction | ||
in the China-Burma-India and European theaters during World War II; | ||
commissioned as a second lieutenant, he was awarded a number of | ||
honors for his dedication to duty, including multiple campaign | ||
service stars, the Bronze Star and Oak Leaf Cluster, and the Good | ||
Conduct Medal; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Crain subsequently returned to The University of | ||
Texas, graduating with a degree in law; he began his notable legal | ||
career in Victoria, and after serving his fellow residents in the | ||
Texas House of Representatives for two years, he was elected to | ||
serve as Victoria County judge in 1955; and | ||
WHEREAS, Judge Crain's dedicated work earned him appointment | ||
to the 135th District Court by Governor Price Daniel in 1959; he | ||
continued in that position for nearly three decades, resigning from | ||
the bench in 1988; in the following years, he served with the law | ||
firm of Cole McManus Cole Easley & Bell; and | ||
WHEREAS, Active in his community, Judge Crain was president | ||
of the Sons of the American Revolution and founding president of the | ||
Gulf Bend Foundation; he further shared his time with the boards of | ||
CASA, the Victoria Community Theater, the Victoria Youth Home, | ||
Foster Parents, the Victoria Symphony, the Victoria County | ||
Courthouse Restoration Committee, and the Victoria College | ||
Foundation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through the years, he was recognized for his | ||
committed efforts by the Rotary Club, which honored him with the | ||
Paul Harris Fellowship award, and the South Texas Council of Boy | ||
Scouts of America, which named him Distinguished Citizen of the | ||
Year in 2004; and | ||
WHEREAS, Judge Crain was also a man of faith; he served the | ||
congregation of Trinity Episcopal Church as a vestryman, a role he | ||
also held at St. Francis Episcopal Church, where he was a founding | ||
member and senior warden; in addition, he worked on a number of | ||
committees for the Episcopal Diocese of West Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Judge Crain was supported | ||
by his loving family; married for 68 years to Olive Bell Crain, he | ||
was blessed with four daughters, Katherine, Pamela, Olive, and | ||
Julie, as well as two grandsons, John and Henry; and | ||
WHEREAS, Highly regarded for his contributions to Victoria | ||
County and to the State of Texas, Frank Crain leaves behind a legacy | ||
of public service that will long be remembered by all who were | ||
privileged to share in the richness of his life; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of the Honorable Frank Harrington Crain and extend deepest sympathy | ||
to the members of his family: to his wife, Olive Bell Crain; to his | ||
daughters, Dr. Pamela Crain, Olive Crain, and Julie Heinitsh and | ||
her husband, John; to his grandchildren, John and Henry Heinitsh; | ||
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 Frank | ||
Harrington Crain. |