Bill Text: TX HR28 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Bobby Joe Hadnot of Jasper County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR28-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Bobby Joe Hadnot of Jasper County.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR28-Introduced.html
86R6228 BK-D | ||
By: White | 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. |