Bill Text: TX HR1737 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating the Honorable Eddy Spivey on his recognition by the City of Odessa during Black History Month 2023.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-23 - Reported enrolled [HR1737 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR1737-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1737 |
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WHEREAS, Judge Eddy Spivey was honored by the City of Odessa | ||
during Black History Month 2023 in recognition of his exemplary | ||
public service; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to his community, Judge Spivey served as | ||
justice of the peace for Precinct 4 for 28 years before his | ||
retirement in December 2022; during his final four years in office, | ||
he and his sister, Mari Spivey Willis, held the rare distinction of | ||
being sibling elected officials, while she served as a member of the | ||
Odessa City Council; and | ||
WHEREAS, Judge Spivey diligently carried out his many | ||
responsibilities, including presiding over elections, handing down | ||
sentences, and performing marriage ceremonies; in addition, he | ||
served for three decades on the board of the Odessa Housing | ||
Authority, including as its president; he is a member of the Ector | ||
Lions Club, St. James Missionary Baptist Church, and Alpha Phi | ||
Alpha Fraternity; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Haskell and Myrtle Lee Spivey, Eddy | ||
Spivey graduated from Blackshear High School and The University of | ||
Texas Permian Basin; he served his country in the U.S. Army during | ||
the Vietnam War, attaining the rank of sergeant E-5; he was employed | ||
by Shell Oil Company for 22 years, and for over a decade, he was the | ||
co-owner of Trio Liquor Store; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Judge Spivey enjoys the love | ||
and support of his wife, Joyce Spivey, with whom he has shared 46 | ||
years; the couple take great pride in their three children, Juan and | ||
his wife, Lori, Krisiti and her husband, Vaughn, and Wyshanna, as | ||
well as in their five grandchildren and their great-grandchild; and | ||
WHEREAS, Judge Spivey has greatly benefited his fellow | ||
citizens through his long record of public service, and it is indeed | ||
a pleasure to join in honoring him at this time; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable Eddy Spivey on his | ||
recognition by the City of Odessa during Black History Month 2023 | ||
and extend to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it | ||
further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Judge Spivey as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Davis | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1737 was adopted by the House on May | ||
23, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||