Bill Text: TX HR2167 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Vern Lee Storey of Bridge City.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-24 - Reported enrolled [HR2167 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2167-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2167 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Vern Lee | ||
Storey of Bridge City, who passed away on April 14, 2013, at the age | ||
of 84; and | ||
WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of Southeast Texas, Vern Storey | ||
was born to George and Minnie Anderson Storey on March 5, 1929, in | ||
Port Arthur; he married Betty Sue Wilson Langston, and the couple | ||
enjoyed many devoted years of matrimony; their lives were enriched | ||
by 6 children, Joe, Chad, Brad, Gary, Douglas, and Vicki, and their | ||
family eventually grew to include 10 grandchildren and 7 | ||
great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Storey was a locomotive engineer with Texaco for | ||
35 years before his retirement; he previously answered his | ||
country's call to duty and served valiantly in the United States Air | ||
Force and Navy for 35 years; a man of strong faith, he was a valued | ||
member of the First Baptist Church in Bridge City; and | ||
WHEREAS, Those fortunate enough to have known Vern Storey | ||
will always remember him with great admiration and affection; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Vern Lee Storey and | ||
extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
Betty Sue Wilson Langston Storey; to his sons, Gary Storey, Sr., | ||
Douglas Storey and his wife, Dawn, Chad Langston and his wife, Amy, | ||
and Brad Langston; to his daughter, Vicki Nixon, and her husband, | ||
Skipper; to his grandchildren, Joe Langston, Jr., Monica Biggs and | ||
her husband, Mark, Jennifer, Allison, and Merri Anne Nixon, and | ||
Laren, Christopher, Helen, Gary, and Stephanie Storey; to his | ||
great-grandchildren; 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 Vern | ||
Storey. | ||
White | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2167 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 22, 2013. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||