Bill Text: TX HR189 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of John Norman Wright Petry of Carrizo Springs.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-07 - Reported enrolled [HR189 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR189-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 189 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the death | ||
| of John Norman Wright Petry of Carrizo Springs on September 17, | ||
| 2023, at the age of 77; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of Josephine White Wright Petry and Hinton | ||
| Booth Wright, John Petry was born in Laredo on December 25, 1945, | ||
| and he was raised from the age of two by his stepfather, Herbert | ||
| Charles "Herb" Petry; after attending Carrizo Springs High School, | ||
| he went on to graduate from Trinity University and St. Mary's | ||
| University School of Law; he served in the U.S. Army from 1967 to | ||
| 1974, attaining the rank of first lieutenant; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1970, Mr. Petry joined the Petry & Petry Law | ||
| firm, and three decades later, he was hired by Langley & Banack; his | ||
| practice focused on the oil and gas industry and complex land and | ||
| mineral cases; dedicated to his profession, he was a member of the | ||
| Maverick County Bar Association and served as president of the | ||
| Dimmit County Bar Association; for two terms, he served on the State | ||
| Bar of Texas district grievance committee, and he was named a Fellow | ||
| of the Texas Bar Foundation; he retired in January 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Petry was also a director of Union State Bank | ||
| for almost three decades, and he served the wider community in a | ||
| number of leadership roles, earning recognition as Dimmit County | ||
| Man of the Year; he was a member of the Carrizo Springs city council | ||
| from 1974 to 1978, and he served Lions International as a district | ||
| governor and ambassador of goodwill; an active member of Holy | ||
| Trinity Episcopal Church, he served for over 40 years as the | ||
| bishop's warden; he was an avid golfer and played a key role in | ||
| developing Carrizo Springs Municipal Golf Course; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Above all, Mr. Petry was devoted to his family; he | ||
| married the former Jill Little on August 10, 1968, and they became | ||
| the parents of two daughters, Jana and Jodi; eventually, they were | ||
| blessed with five grandchildren, and he instilled his love of the | ||
| land in them all; he loved hosting relatives and friends at the | ||
| ranch to hunt, drink wine, and enjoy the outdoors; and | ||
| WHEREAS, John Petry lived a rich and purposeful life centered | ||
| around his family, his faith, and his community, and those he left | ||
| behind will treasure their memories of his warmth and kindness; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
| John Norman Wright Petry and extend sincere sympathy to the members | ||
| of his family: to his wife, Jill Little Petry; to his daughters, | ||
| Jana Gordon and her husband, David, and Jodi Wood and her husband, | ||
| Michael; to his grandchildren, Michael "3Wood" Wood III, Catherine | ||
| Gordon, Payton Wood, William Gordon, and Henry Gordon; to his | ||
| brother, Hinton Booth Wright "Boots" Petry; and to his many 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 John Petry. | ||
| Morales of Maverick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 189 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on November 7, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
