Bill Text: TX HR177 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of William Walter Davis Jr. of Houston.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2021-09-08 - Reported enrolled [HR177 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR177-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 177 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will long treasure their memories | ||
| of William Walter Davis Jr. of Houston, who passed away on July 16, | ||
| 2021, at the age of 67; and | ||
| WHEREAS, William Davis was born in Houston on March 4, 1954, | ||
| to William Walter Davis Sr. and Hannah Lola Davis, and he grew up in | ||
| the Pleasantville community with three sisters, Laura, Deborah, and | ||
| Rolanda; in 1976, he was joined in matrimony to the former Billie | ||
| Jean Carter, and the couple went on to share a rewarding union that | ||
| spanned 45 years; he was the proud father of three daughters, | ||
| Kimberly, Elicia, and Carlinda, and later in life, he was blessed | ||
| with three grandchildren, Karsyn, Karter, and the late Kaelynn | ||
| Davis-Hamilton; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After receiving his early education in the Houston | ||
| Independent School District, Mr. Davis attended G. T. Dental | ||
| School; over the course of his career, he worked in dentistry as | ||
| well as trucking, driving vehicles for Adams Trucking, Star | ||
| Furniture, and Nabisco Foods; he was also active in his community as | ||
| an election worker; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A serious horseman, Mr. Davis delighted in the time | ||
| he spent with his horse, Chloe, and he was a regular volunteer with | ||
| the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, where he served on the Rodeo | ||
| Transportation Committee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Known affectionately as "Willie D," William Davis | ||
| was an outgoing and high-spirited man who brightened the lives of | ||
| his family and friends, and all those who knew and loved him will | ||
| forever hold him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of William Walter Davis Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to the | ||
| members of his family: to his wife, Billie Jean Carter-Davis; to his | ||
| daughters, Kimberly, Elicia, and Carlinda; to his grandchildren, | ||
| Karsyn and Karter Woods; to his sisters, Deborah Adams and her | ||
| husband, Rube, and Rolanda Davis; to his aunt, Leonora Howard; to | ||
| his nephew, Leroy Davis; to his cousins, Dan Davis, Ivory "Bo" | ||
| Davis, and Edward Charles Grigsby; to his brother-in-law, Charles | ||
| Allen; and to his other relatives and many 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 William | ||
| Walter Davis Jr. | ||
| Dutton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 177 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on September 2, 2021. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
