Bill Text: TX HR177 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 2nd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of William Walter Davis Jr. of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
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. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||