Bill Text: TX HR28 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Bobby Joe Hadnot of Jasper County.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR28-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 28 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Jasper County lost a respected and much-loved civic | ||
| leader with the passing of Bobby Joe Hadnot on August 24, 2018, at | ||
| the age of 80; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of the county, Bobby Joe Hadnot | ||
| was born on March 27, 1938, to Grady Hadnot and Lorraine McCray | ||
| Green, and he benefited in his youth from the guidance and affection | ||
| of his grandparents, Tat and Ludy Hadnot and Albert and Francis | ||
| McCray; he graduated from J. H. Rowe High School in 1956 and became | ||
| a certified electrician after attending Prairie View A&M | ||
| University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hadnot was drafted into the United States Army | ||
| in 1962, and upon completing his military service, he returned to | ||
| Jasper County and worked at his paternal grandfather's logging | ||
| business and his maternal grandparents' farm; he subsequently began | ||
| a successful and trailblazing career with the U.S. Army Corps of | ||
| Engineers that spanned 42 years, and he went on to become the first | ||
| African American elected president of the corps' local AFL-CIO | ||
| trade union; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in his community, Mr. Hadnot served as | ||
| president of Citizens for Progress, an organization that worked to | ||
| advance causes of import to Jasper's African American population | ||
| during the 1980s and 1990s; in addition, he held leadership | ||
| positions as president of the Jasper Rural Water Board and vice | ||
| president of the board for the Beech Grove Volunteer Fire | ||
| Department, which he played an instrumental role in creating; he | ||
| was also a lifelong member of the historic Dixie Baptist Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Hadnot was deeply involved in the upkeep of the | ||
| Indian Creek Cemetery, where he oversaw a homecoming celebration | ||
| every summer; committed to preserving local history, he shared his | ||
| knowledge of Jasper County with several organizations, and he | ||
| joined together with like-minded citizens to establish the | ||
| Community and Family Historical Preservation Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Hadnot enjoyed the love | ||
| and support of his wife, Ruthie Jean Mitchell Hadnot, with whom he | ||
| shared 57 rewarding years of marriage; the couple raised three | ||
| children, Vanessa, Valencia, and Dynetro, and were further blessed | ||
| with two grandchildren, Daniel and Dymaia; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Bobby Joe Hadnot was a devoted family man, a pillar | ||
| of his community, and a source of inspiration to countless people, | ||
| and he leaves behind a legacy that will long be treasured by those | ||
| who held him dear; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Bobby Joe Hadnot and | ||
| extend heartfelt sympathy to all who mourn his passing; 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 Bobby Joe | ||
| Hadnot. | ||
| White | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 28 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on March 6, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
