Bill Text: TX HR190 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Darryn Deen Andrews.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-04 - Reported enrolled [HR190 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR190-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 190 |
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at | ||
the loss of U.S. Army Second Lieutenant Darryn Deen Andrews, who | ||
died on September 4, 2009, at the age of 34; and | ||
WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 501st Parachute | ||
Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th | ||
Infantry Division, Lieutenant Andrews was based at Fort Richardson, | ||
Alaska; he was killed in action while bravely serving his country | ||
during his second tour of duty in Afghanistan; and | ||
WHEREAS, Darryn Andrews was born to Robert and Sondra Andrews | ||
in Ogden, Utah; he attended C. H. Yoe High School in Cameron, where | ||
he played baseball, football, and basketball and was active in | ||
drama and the student council; with scholarships from the Veterans | ||
of Foreign Wars and the Athletic Booster Club, he earned a | ||
bachelor's degree in business from Texas Tech University, and he | ||
went on to receive a master's degree in education administration | ||
from Texas State University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Since childhood, Mr. Andrews had been inspired by | ||
his grandfather's service in World War II, and after the attacks of | ||
9/11, he surprised no one when he answered his nation's call to duty | ||
and enlisted in the army; a proud soldier, he planned to dedicate | ||
his life to the military; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lieutenant Andrews married the former Julie Smith on | ||
February 26, 2007; the couple were blessed with a son, Daylan Deen, | ||
and Mrs. Andrews was pregnant with their second child at the time of | ||
her husband's death; and | ||
WHEREAS, Through his unfailing devotion to duty, honor, and | ||
this country, Lieutenant Andrews upheld the highest ideals of the | ||
United States armed forces, and those who were blessed to share in | ||
the richness of his life will forever carry him close in their | ||
hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Second Lieutenant | ||
Darryn Deen Andrews and extend sincere condolences to the members | ||
of his family: to his wife, Julie Andrews; to his children, Daylan | ||
Deen and Jacey D'Ann Andrews; to his parents, Robert "Andy" and | ||
Sondra Andrews; to his twin brother, Jarrett Andrews; to his | ||
grandmother, Colleen Andrews; to his parents-in-law, Lawrence and | ||
Shirley Smith; to his brother-in-law, Jeremy Smith; 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 Second | ||
Lieutenant Darryn Deen Andrews. | ||
Schwertner | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 190 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on February 24, 2011. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||