Bill Text: TX HR2675 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of William Phillips of Canton.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2675 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2675-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2675 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever cherish their | ||
| memories of William Phillips of Canton, who passed away on February | ||
| 17, 2013, at the age of 77; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Billy Phillips was born on July 18, 1935, in Caddo | ||
| Gap, Arkansas, to Lee Roy Diffie and Minnie Lee Johnson Diffie; he | ||
| served his country in the Korean War as a member of the U.S. Army, | ||
| and he worked as a truck driver for more than three and a half | ||
| decades, including 21 years with Texas Oklahoma Express; Mr. | ||
| Phillips logged three million miles without a single accident or | ||
| ticket, and he also won multiple trophies in truck rodeo | ||
| competitions; in his leisure time he enjoyed gold prospecting and | ||
| participating in First Monday Trade Days; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A man of faith, Mr. Phillips belonged to the | ||
| Wentworth Church of Christ and helped to minister to members of the | ||
| church living in nursing homes; he shared 55 years of marriage with | ||
| his wife, Elizabeth, and was the father of two children, William and | ||
| Jillinda; with the passing years, he welcomed 10 grandchildren and | ||
| 14 great-grandchildren into his family; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Billy Phillips lived a life that was rich in the | ||
| intangibles that matter most, and he will be deeply missed by all | ||
| those who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Billy Phillips and | ||
| extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
| Elizabeth Phillips; to his son, William Robert Phillips II, and his | ||
| wife, Melinda; to his daughter, Jillinda Smith, and her husband, | ||
| Troy; to his grandchildren, Steve, Joey, Robbie, Josh, Will, and | ||
| Justin Phillips, Kimberly Townsend, Stephanie Countryman, Ryan | ||
| Stone, and Timmy Smith; to his great-grandchildren; 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 Billy | ||
| Phillips. | ||
| Flynn | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2675 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 24, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
