Bill Text: TX HR1874 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Browning Lamar Ball of Denton.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-18 - Reported enrolled [HR1874 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR1874-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1874 |
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
death of Browning Lamar Ball Jr. of Denton on March 26, 2017, at the | ||
age of 76; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lamar Ball was born in Troy, Tennessee, on August 1, | ||
1940, to Browning and Mozelle Ball, and he grew up with the | ||
companionship of a sister, Kerry; after graduating from high school | ||
in 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the | ||
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1962; he later attended the | ||
Harvard Business School Program for Management; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Ball embarked on a successful 35-year | ||
career in banking, accepting a position with C&S Bank in Atlanta, | ||
Georgia, where he was in charge of bookkeeping; he moved to Houston | ||
in 1979 to join the Bank of the Southwest, and in 1984, he became CEO | ||
of MBank Fort Worth; from 1989 until his retirement in 1998, he | ||
served as chair and CEO of First State Bank of Texas in Denton, | ||
which he has been credited with restoring to good financial health; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, In his second career, Mr. Ball was chair of the board | ||
and CEO of Smart Start, an ignition interlock company in Irving, and | ||
at the end of his life, he was a director for Intelligent | ||
Fingerprinting, a company based in Cambridge, England; he also | ||
served as a director of the Bank Administration Institute, the | ||
University of North Texas Foundation, and the Flow Healthcare | ||
Foundation; in addition, he was vice chair and director of North | ||
Texas Public Broadcasting and director and treasurer of the Fort | ||
Worth Fat Stock Show; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Ball was a devoted husband to his wife of 20 | ||
years, Barbara, and he took great pride in his children, David, | ||
Shannon, Jason, Allison, and Meredith, his stepchildren, Angie and | ||
Jill, and his grandchildren, Nathan, Kaylan, Olan, Lulu, Alexandra, | ||
Olivia, Wyatt, Ian, Tommy, Lilah, and Charlie; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Lamar Ball will be deeply missed, he will | ||
forever be a source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Browning Lamar | ||
Ball Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to his 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 Lamar Ball. | ||
Stucky | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1874 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 12, 2017. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||