Bill Text: TX HR20 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Bobbie Ray "Rip" Griffin of Lubbock.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-16 - Reported enrolled [HR20 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR20-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 20 |
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WHEREAS, The city of Lubbock lost a venerated entrepreneur | ||
and philanthropist with the passing of Bobbie Ray Griffin on June 7, | ||
2017, at the age of 87; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Matador at the height of the Great | ||
Depression, "Rip" Griffin learned the value of hard work at a young | ||
age through a series of jobs that included delivering newspapers | ||
and driving a truck; he graduated from Lubbock High School in 1948 | ||
and subsequently played semiprofessional baseball in a traveling | ||
oil league, and he continued in the sport while serving his country | ||
for four years as a member of the United States Army; following his | ||
honorable discharge in 1953, he enrolled at Texas Tech University, | ||
where he earned a bachelor's degree in business administration in | ||
1955; while a student, he kept the books for a trailer company and | ||
transported gasoline; and | ||
WHEREAS, After college, Mr. Griffin worked for Texaco before | ||
opening his first truck stop in Lubbock in 1962; two years later, he | ||
founded the Rip Griffin Truck Service Center, and he eventually | ||
expanded the business to include not only a chain of truck stops | ||
across the western United States but also a number of truck | ||
dealerships; in 1989, he ventured into wholesale fuel storage and | ||
transportation with the establishment of Pro Petroleum; and | ||
WHEREAS, Believing deeply in the value of both education and | ||
sports, Mr. Griffin gave freely of his time and resources in behalf | ||
of Lubbock Christian University, on whose board of trustees he | ||
served for 42 years, and Texas Tech University; his loyal support | ||
was recognized with the dedication of the Rip Griffin Center by LCU | ||
in 2000 and Rip Griffin Park by Tech in 2012; he was also a faithful | ||
sponsor of the Lubbock Hubbers professional baseball club and a | ||
staunch advocate of the Children's Home of Lubbock and the Boys & | ||
Girls Club of Lubbock, which inducted him into its Alumni Hall of | ||
Fame in 2009; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Griffin was a devoted husband to his wife, | ||
Geneva, and over the decades, their union was blessed with 5 | ||
children, David, Mark, Julie, Jill, and Suzanne, as well as 14 | ||
grandchildren and 8 great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of great warmth, humility, and generosity, Rip | ||
Griffin left an indelible imprint on Lubbock and touched the lives | ||
of countless fellow citizens, and those who were fortunate enough | ||
to share in his love and friendship will forever hold him close in | ||
their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
Bobbie Ray Griffin and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of | ||
his family: to his wife, Geneva Griffin; to his children, David | ||
Griffin and his wife, Lorna, Mark Griffin and his wife, Claudia, | ||
Julie Pointer and her husband, Steve, Jill Patterson and her | ||
husband, Bill, and Suzanne Knipp and her husband, Jeff; to his | ||
grandchildren, Ryan, Elizabeth, Michael, and Jeffrey Griffin, | ||
Lauren Hamel, Emily Owen, Keeli Garza, Clay and Koby Pointer, | ||
Hunter, Hayden, and Houston Patterson, and Heather Guerry; to his | ||
eight great-grandchildren; 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 Bobbie Ray | ||
Griffin. | ||
Burrows | ||
Frullo | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 20 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on August 15, 2017. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||