Bill Text: TX HR2903 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Sam White on his receipt of the 2013 Quitman Pilot Club Humanitarian Award.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-05-29 - Reported enrolled [HR2903 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR2903-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2903 |
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WHEREAS, Beloved Quitman resident Sam White received the 2013 | ||
Humanitarian Award from the Quitman Pilot Club for his many good | ||
works and deeds; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pilot International is a volunteer service | ||
organization composed of business and professional leaders who seek | ||
to give back to others and make the world a better place; Mr. White | ||
is a fitting recipient of the Quitman club's award, as he has | ||
generously shared his time and talents with his fellow citizens for | ||
nearly half a century; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. White first started making stew for Quitman | ||
events and gatherings around 1965, and he continues to do so today, | ||
donating countless hours not just to preparing his famous stew but | ||
also to cooking chili, barbecue, hot dogs, and hamburgers for | ||
various local celebrations, as well as for churches, schools, civic | ||
clubs, and fire departments; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in the Cana community outside of Quitman in | ||
1928, Samuel Alvin White was the youngest child and only son of | ||
Oscar and Buena White; he has lived in Wood County his whole life, | ||
with the exception of the time he spent serving in the U.S. military | ||
during the Korean War; he worked for Farmland Industries until | ||
retiring and keeps busy today gardening, fishing, and watching | ||
Westerns when he is not making chow for his friends and neighbors; a | ||
man of faith, he belongs to Myrtle Springs Baptist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. White shared 55 years of marriage with Jo | ||
Blalock White, who passed away in 2010, and he is the proud father | ||
of two children, Shannon and Sheree; over the years, his family has | ||
also grown to include four grandsons, Michael, Shawn, Brian, and | ||
Cody, as well as four great-grandchildren, Taylor, Brooke, Katelyn, | ||
and Lainey; in 2011, at the age of 82, he took a cross-country train | ||
trip with his grandson, Cody, to Alaska, where they embarked on a | ||
cruise; afterwards, they hopped a bus and took the long way home; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Quitman is indeed fortunate to have kind, dedicated | ||
residents such as Sam White, whose efforts have long brightened the | ||
lives of everyone who is privileged to know him; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby congratulate Sam White on his receipt of the | ||
2013 Quitman Pilot Club Humanitarian Award and extend to him | ||
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. White as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
House of Representatives. | ||
Hughes | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2903 was adopted by the House on May | ||
26, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||