Bill Text: TX HR1987 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Marvin Glenn Smith of Houston.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-21 - Reported enrolled [HR1987 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1987-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1987 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Houston businessman and community leader Marvin | ||
| Glenn Smith passed away on October 29, 2012, at the age of 80; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Mont Belvieu on November 10, 1931, to Osemon | ||
| and Eva Smith, Glenn Smith graduated from the University of Houston | ||
| with a degree in diesel engineering; he served his country in the | ||
| U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956 and was then employed as a glass | ||
| salesman for two companies and as a sales manager for the F. H. | ||
| Maloney Company and Ramtec Industries; subsequently, he owned his | ||
| own building materials business for a decade before retiring in | ||
| 1992; Mr. Smith held two patents for window gaskets, and his gaskets | ||
| were used in many office buildings around the country; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan served his community in a number | ||
| of capacities; a member of the board of trustees of the Spring | ||
| Branch Medical Center and a charter director with the Spring Branch | ||
| Management District, he also presided over the Spring Oaks Civic | ||
| Association and the Spring Branch East Super Neighborhood | ||
| organization; in addition, he served as a commissioner for the | ||
| softball teams in the Spring Branch Memorial Sports Association and | ||
| as a coach for the softball team on which his daughters played; he | ||
| was an avid hunter, fisherman, and golfer; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Glenn Smith was the devoted husband of Lois Ann Shay | ||
| Smith, his wife of nearly six decades, and he took pride in their | ||
| two children, Joy Lynne and Susan Elaine, and in their three | ||
| grandchildren, Kevin, Kelly, and Charlee; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Through the years, Glenn Smith provided the civic | ||
| leadership that is essential to the success of our communities, and | ||
| he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who were | ||
| privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Marvin Glenn Smith and | ||
| extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
| Lois Ann Shay Smith; to his daughters, Joy Lynne Smith Tilton and | ||
| her husband, Barry, and Dr. Susan Elaine Smith Nagihara and her | ||
| husband, Dr. Seiichi Nagihara; to his grandchildren, Kevin | ||
| Threlkeld and his wife, Chessa, Kelly Nagihara, and Charlee Fisher | ||
| and her husband, J. Cat; to his brother, Royce Smith, and his wife, | ||
| Jo; to his niece, Gloria Enloe, and her husband, Dennis; and to his | ||
| 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 Marvin | ||
| Glenn Smith. | ||
| Bohac | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1987 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 17, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
