Bill Text: TX HR229 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Margaret Johnson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-08 - Reported enrolled [HR229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR229-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Margaret Johnson.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-02-08 - Reported enrolled [HR229 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR229-Introduced.html
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By: Anderson of McLennan | H.R. No. 229 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Margaret | ||
Johnson, a loving matriarch and admired businesswoman who passed | ||
away on December 30, 2010, at the age of 94; and | ||
WHEREAS, The daughter of Carl and Anna Heussner, the former | ||
Margaret Heussner was born in Waco on November 13, 1916; in 1935, | ||
she married Jack Johnson, and together they embarked on a loving | ||
journey that spanned more than five decades; along the way, they | ||
were blessed with a son, Bill, and with the passing years the family | ||
grew to include 4 granddaughters and 12 great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, At the height of the Great Depression, the Johnsons | ||
operated a grocery store on 3rd and Speight in Waco; they were known | ||
for their generosity and willingness to give credit at a time when | ||
others could not; for their next business venture, they founded | ||
Johnson Roofing; Mr. Johnson ran the field operations while Mrs. | ||
Johnson ran the office and kept the books of this very successful | ||
enterprise, which is celebrating its 70th anniversary in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1952, Mr. and Mrs. Johnson brought the first | ||
registered Appaloosa horses to Texas; from that purchase they built | ||
one of the largest herds of that breed in the world and created the | ||
JMB Appaloosa Ranch; the couple also started the Johnson Horse | ||
Auction, a popular biweekly event that was a focal point of Central | ||
Texas horse culture for more than three and a half decades, with | ||
Mrs. Johnson serving as its secretary; and | ||
WHEREAS, In recent years, Mrs. Johnson continued to take | ||
great joy in attending church services and in dining out with her | ||
growing family; in addition, she often invited soldiers from Fort | ||
Hood to the JMB Ranch for parties and hosted a riding school for | ||
children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Margaret Johnson inspired those who were privileged | ||
to know her with her energy, strong faith, charitable nature, and | ||
commitment to her ideals, and she will long be remembered with deep | ||
admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Margaret Johnson and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her son, | ||
Bill Johnson, and his wife, Peggy; to her granddaughters, Sherri | ||
McDonald and her husband, Bob, Shawn Brown and her husband, Kelly, | ||
Gayla Dwyer and her husband, Doug, and Kellie Cashion and her | ||
husband, Tony; to her great-grandchildren, Brittani, Shanna, Kody, | ||
Jacob, Kevin, Erica, Jason, Kasidy, Falyn, Ryan, Matt, and Brady; | ||
to her very special friend and caregiver, Archie Mae Shaw; and to | ||
her other relatives and many friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Margaret | ||
Johnson. |