Bill Text: TX HR282 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Tommy Williams of Pleasanton on his retirement as the sheriff of Atascosa County.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR282 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR282-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 282 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Atascosa County sheriff Wright Thomas Williams | ||
| retired on December 31, 2012, concluding a distinguished law | ||
| enforcement career that spanned four decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After graduating from Poteet High School in 1954 and | ||
| serving in the United States Army, Tommy Williams followed his | ||
| father into the agricultural industry and began work as a peanut | ||
| buyer; he was elected as Atascosa County sheriff in 1972, and he was | ||
| subsequently reelected to nine additional terms in office; at the | ||
| time of his retirement, he was one of the longest-serving county | ||
| sheriffs in the history of the Lone Star State; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This respected public servant traces his family's | ||
| roots in the area back to 1856, before Atascosa County was founded; | ||
| in his choice of a career path, he followed in the footsteps of two | ||
| of his forebears: William Norwood Gates, who served as the county's | ||
| sheriff during the Civil War and Reconstruction, and Leroy Polk | ||
| Williams, who held the office in the 1870s; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Sheriff Williams has | ||
| enjoyed the support of his wife, Sandra Mathews; together they have | ||
| a daughter, Amber, who has added to the family's tradition of | ||
| service in her role as an Atascosa County deputy sheriff; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Tommy Williams has devoted his professional life to | ||
| assisting and safeguarding area citizens, and he may indeed take | ||
| justifiable pride in his longstanding record of achievement; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby honor Wright Thomas Williams for his outstanding | ||
| tenure as the sheriff of Atascosa County and extend to him sincere | ||
| best wishes for a happy and rewarding retirement; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Sheriff Williams as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Guillen | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 282 was adopted by the House on | ||
| February 18, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
