Bill Text: TX HR2750 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Bud Allan Price of Waco.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-06-03 - Reported enrolled [HR2750 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2750-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 2750 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and | ||
| talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better | ||
| place through their actions, and Bud Allan Price of Waco, who passed | ||
| away on April 27, 2011, at the age of 76, was indeed one such person; | ||
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| WHEREAS, Bud Price was born in Kilgore on March 31, 1935, to | ||
| Donald Price, Sr., and Juanita Price; after graduating from Pine | ||
| Tree High School in Greggton in 1953, he attended Baylor | ||
| University, where he earned a bachelor's degree in business | ||
| administration in 1958; immediately after college, he answered his | ||
| nation's call to duty by enlisting in the U.S. Army, and he was | ||
| stationed in Munich, Germany, for most of his service; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following his discharge from the military in 1960, | ||
| Mr. Price returned to East Texas and accepted a job as an accountant | ||
| in Longview; in 1962, he began his distinguished banking career | ||
| when he became a commissioned national bank examiner with the | ||
| Office of the Controller of the Currency, United States Treasury | ||
| Department; he served in that capacity in Longview and Dallas, and | ||
| he later led the Corpus Christi office; in 1966, he joined the | ||
| National City Bank of Waco, where he served as vice president and | ||
| senior president in charge of loans until 1979, when he became | ||
| director and president of Robinson State Bank; in 1988, he was hired | ||
| as director and president of Waco State Bank; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During his tenure with Waco State Bank, the | ||
| institution merged with Robinson State Bank to form Fidelity Bank | ||
| of Texas, which Mr. Price continued to serve as president and | ||
| director; he also served as chair of the board and as the chief | ||
| executive officer and president of its holding company, Fidelity | ||
| Bancshares, Inc.; at the time of his retirement, he had more than 42 | ||
| years of experience in the banking industry; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This highly accomplished gentleman played an active | ||
| role in his community as well and he contributed his time to | ||
| numerous professional and civic organizations, including the Waco | ||
| Clearing House Association, the Texas Association of Business, | ||
| Downtown Waco, Inc., the Waco-McLennan County Library Board, the | ||
| Friends of the Library Board, the Freeman Center, the American Red | ||
| Cross, Rebuilding Together of Greater Waco, and the Texas Bankers | ||
| Association; he also shared his expertise with Lott State Bank and | ||
| Pakrite Plastics and on the advisory board of the Heart of Texas | ||
| Council of Governments and the Heart of Texas Region Mental Health | ||
| Mental Retardation Center; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A former director and treasurer of the Texas Ranger | ||
| Hall of Fame and Museum, Mr. Price participated in a host of other | ||
| worthy groups such as several chambers of commerce, the Kiwanis | ||
| Club, the Baylor Alumni Association, Waco Masonic Lodge No. 92, and | ||
| the Masonic Knights Templar, Waco Commandry No. 10; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Despite his many professional and civic | ||
| commitments, Mr. Price made his family and faith his main | ||
| priorities in life; he enjoyed a rewarding marriage of 47 years with | ||
| his wife, the former Helen Hardy, whom he wed on August 31, 1963, | ||
| and he was the father of two sons, Craig and Bradley; he joined the | ||
| congregation of the First Baptist Church of Waco in 1966, and he | ||
| served on many church committees, and was ordained as a deacon in | ||
| 1990; a president of the McCall Sunday school class, he was also a | ||
| seven-year member of the Bible Study Fellowship; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In his free time, Mr. Price carved pipes and made | ||
| tampers and collected unique tobacco tins and pipes, as well as | ||
| books, steins, canes, and knives; he enjoyed reading and classical | ||
| music, and his other hobbies included hunting, fishing, cooking, | ||
| bartering, crafting belt buckles, and playing "84" with family and | ||
| friends; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bud Allan Price lived a rich and purposeful life, | ||
| and he will long be remembered with deep affection by all who were | ||
| privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Bud Allan Price and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
| wife, Helen Price; to his son, Craig Price; to his brothers and | ||
| sisters-in-law, Donald Price, Jr., and Martha Price and Gary and | ||
| Sherry Taylor; to his sister and brother-in-law, Pamela and Fred | ||
| Christy; 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 Bud Allan | ||
| Price. | ||
| Anderson of McLennan | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 2750 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
