Bill Text: TX HR408 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of June James III of Arlington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR408 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR408-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 408 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Residents of Arlington lost a cherished friend and | ||
| an admired educator with the death of June James III on March 17, | ||
| 2010, at the age of 75; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Shreveport, Louisiana, June James was | ||
| born on December 27, 1934, and he was one of nine children of June | ||
| James II and Ella James; after attending high school, he answered | ||
| his nation's call to duty, and he served as a paratrooper in the | ||
| United States Army and later joined the U.S. Air Force; and | ||
| WHEREAS, He went on to earn a bachelor's degree in biology and | ||
| a master's degree in education administration from Southern | ||
| University in Baton Rouge, as well as an education specialist | ||
| degree from the University of Miami and a doctoral degree in | ||
| education administration from the University of Pittsburgh; during | ||
| his postgraduate studies, he met the former Annie King, and the | ||
| couple were married in 1980; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. James worked as an administrator at Southern | ||
| University before retiring and moving to Arlington in 1989; shortly | ||
| thereafter, he became a special assistant at The University of | ||
| Texas at Arlington and served as a professor and a mentor to future | ||
| principals and superintendents while actively recruiting students | ||
| to the university; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Also a dedicated civic leader, Dr. James helped | ||
| organize the Arlington chapters of Alpha Phi Alpha fraternity and | ||
| the NAACP; through the years, he served as president and vice | ||
| president of the local NAACP group, and he regularly contributed to | ||
| fund-raising efforts at the annual NAACP Freedom Fund Banquet; Dr. | ||
| James was further engaged in Mount Olive Baptist Church, and he was | ||
| instrumental in establishing Metro Christian Academy, a private | ||
| school affiliated with the church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A caring and generous man, June James touched the | ||
| lives of countless individuals, and he leaves behind a legacy of | ||
| achievement that will long be admired by all those who were | ||
| privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of June James III and | ||
| extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, | ||
| Annie James; to his sons, Kenneth James, Michael James, and Kevin G. | ||
| James; to his daughters, Jennifer James, Shondra James, Kelly | ||
| Causey and her husband, Anthony, and Gina King Jones and her | ||
| husband, Alton; to his sisters, Lucille Robinson, Eloise Black and | ||
| her husband, the Reverend Robert Black, Alyce McLemore, and Carolyn | ||
| Canaday; to his grandsons, Anthony Causey, Nicholas Causey, Ramon | ||
| James, Jason James, June James V, Brice Jackson-James, and Michael | ||
| S. James, Jr.; 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 June James | ||
| III. | ||
| Patrick | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 408 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
