Bill Text: TX HR297 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of A. L. Mangham of Nacogdoches.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR297-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of A. L. Mangham of Nacogdoches.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR297 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR297-Introduced.html
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By: Clardy | H.R. No. 297 |
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WHEREAS, The City of Nacogdoches lost an esteemed leader with | ||
the death of former mayor A. L. Mangham on November 22, 2016, at the | ||
age of 93; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Nacogdoches County to Alonzo Livingston | ||
Mangham Sr. and Gladys Skeeters Mangham on December 17, 1922, A. L. | ||
Mangham enlisted in the U.S. Navy in 1939; two years later, he was | ||
stationed at the Boston Navy Yard when he heard the news of the | ||
attack on Pearl Harbor, and he went on to serve in the 4th Marine | ||
Division as a navy corpsman, tending to his wounded comrades; he | ||
took part in two combat landings in the South Pacific, earning a | ||
Silver Star and Purple Heart; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Mangham continued to serve in the military | ||
following the war, and he retired after 24 years; in the 1960s, he | ||
returned to Nacogdoches and began a career in banking that | ||
eventually led to his becoming CEO and president of Fredonia State | ||
Bank; and | ||
WHEREAS, For 13 years in the 1970s and early 1980s, | ||
Mr. Mangham served as mayor of Nacogdoches, and he played a crucial | ||
role in supporting the city's economic development and in | ||
maintaining a business-friendly environment; he provided crucial | ||
assistance in the reopening of the Hotel Fredonia and in the | ||
development of Lake Nacogdoches, and he was a founding board member | ||
of Nacogdoches Medical Center; in recognition of his leadership, | ||
the A. L. Mangham Jr. Regional Airport was named in his honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dedicated to his country and his community, A. L. | ||
Mangham lived his life with integrity and with an unwavering | ||
commitment to serving his fellow citizens, and he leaves behind a | ||
legacy of good works that will forever inspire all who had the good | ||
fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of A. L. Mangham and | ||
extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
Nancy Mangham; to his children, Craig Mangham, Cheri McGuire and | ||
her husband, Joe, and Christi Mangham; to his stepchildren, Arthur | ||
Speck Jr. and his wife, Elizabeth, and Virginia Amason and her | ||
husband, Bert; to his grandsons, Christopher and Aaron; to his | ||
stepgrandchildren, Cathryn, Arthur, Emily, Edith, and Gilbert; to | ||
his nephew, Charles; 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 A. L. | ||
Mangham. |