Bill Text: TX HR2100 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of John S. Aston of Gainesville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-06-03 - Reported enrolled [HR2100 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR2100-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2100 |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Cooke County lost a dedicated public | ||
servant with the death of former county sheriff John S. Aston of | ||
Gainesville on May 19, 2021, at the age of 82; and | ||
WHEREAS, John Aston was born in Reliance, Virginia, on May | ||
26, 1938, to Elizabeth and Verna Aston, and he moved to Texas in | ||
1957; he was joined in marriage to Phyllis Holley-Aston in 1960, and | ||
the couple shared a loving union until her death in 2005; he was the | ||
proud father of two sons, Jeff and Keith, and later in life he was | ||
blessed with six grandchildren and six great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Aston began his long career in public service by | ||
working for the engineering department of the Texas Highway | ||
Department from 1960 until 1968, when he moved into law | ||
enforcement; from 1968 to 1993, he served with the Cooke County | ||
Sheriff's Office, including nine years as sheriff from 1983 to | ||
1992; he went on to work in the Denton County Sheriff's Office as a | ||
sergeant until his retirement in 2005; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted family man and a respected peace officer, | ||
John Aston lived a life made rich through meaningful service, and he | ||
will be deeply missed by all those who held him dear; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of John S. Aston and | ||
extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his sons, | ||
Jeff Aston and Keith Aston and his wife, Janine; to his | ||
grandchildren, Jennifer Johnston and her husband, Jason, Jessica | ||
McCann and her husband, Eric, Cameron Aston and his wife, Lauren, | ||
Lauren Singer and her husband, Adam, Katie Davis and her husband, | ||
Ben, and Dillon Aston and his fiancée, Taylor Dudenhoeffer; to his | ||
great-grandchildren, Madalynn, Presleigh, Laityn, Landon, | ||
Maverick, and Mason; to his brother, Mike Aston; to his in-laws, | ||
Dwight and Hellen Holley; to his aunt and uncle, Peggy and Bill | ||
Aston; to his late-life companion, Linda Call; 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 John Aston. | ||
Spiller | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2100 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 31, 2021. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||