Bill Text: TX HR399 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of longtime Arlington school administrator Roy Wood.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-15 - Reported enrolled [HR399 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR399-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 399 |
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and former colleagues are mourning | ||
the loss of longtime Arlington school administrator Roy Wood, who | ||
passed away on December 4, 2009, at the age of 92; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Italy, Texas, on December 26, 1916, Mr. Wood | ||
was raised in Ennis; he received a basketball scholarship to North | ||
Texas State Teachers College, and he later served in the United | ||
States Coast Guard during World War II; and | ||
WHEREAS, While in college, Mr. Wood met his future wife, Mary | ||
Louise, with whom he would go on to share 65 years; the couple were | ||
blessed with two children, Joe Roy and Mary Ann; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Wood began his teaching career in Santa Rosa and | ||
subsequently taught with his wife in Azle; they moved to Arlington | ||
in 1949, when Mr. Wood became the principal of West Side School, | ||
thus beginning his long and accomplished tenure in the local | ||
education system; he went on to serve as principal of Berry | ||
Elementary before being appointed as business manager for the | ||
Arlington Independent School District in 1960; his keen financial | ||
sense proved a great asset, and he eventually became assistant | ||
superintendent of finance; along the way, he shared his time and | ||
energy as president of the Texas Association of School Business | ||
Officials, the Arlington Optimist Club, and the Arlington Downtown | ||
Rotary Club; and | ||
WHEREAS, After nearly 30 years of service to his district, | ||
Mr. Wood retired in 1978; the community presented him with a fishing | ||
boat as a token of appreciation, and a column in the Arlington | ||
Citizen-Journal recognized him for his dedication to the district | ||
during a time of tremendous growth; moreover, in 1980, AISD paid | ||
tribute to both him and his wife with the opening of Roy and Louise | ||
Wood Elementary; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Wood committed himself not only to education but | ||
to his faith, serving as a deacon at the First Baptist Church of | ||
Arlington and contributing financial resources and expertise to the | ||
founders of Mission Arlington; he and his wife relocated to Athens | ||
in 1999 and became members of the First Baptist Church there; and | ||
WHEREAS, Known as a kind and gentle man, Mr. Wood was admired | ||
for the birdhouses and nativity scenes he crafted in his spare time; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Roy Wood distinguished himself as an outstanding | ||
public servant and a devoted family man, and he touched the lives of | ||
not only those who knew him best but countless Arlington students | ||
and fellow educators; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Roy Wood and extend | ||
deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his son, Joe Roy | ||
Wood, and his wife, Glynda; to his daughter, Mary Ann Wood; to his | ||
grandchildren, Matthew and Mark Wood and David Scallan; to his | ||
great-grandchildren, Grant, Walker, Zach, and Nate; 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 Roy Wood. | ||
Patrick | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 399 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||