Bill Text: TX HR430 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Augustin Lucio Jr. of San Marcos.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR430-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Augustin Lucio Jr. of San Marcos.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-17 - Reported enrolled [HR430 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR430-Introduced.html
84R4207 BGU-D | ||
By: Isaac | H.R. No. 430 |
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and admirers are mourning the loss | ||
of Hispanic civil rights leader and decorated World War II veteran | ||
Augustin Lucio Jr. of San Marcos, who died on November 13, 2014, at | ||
the age of 91; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Augustin and Maria de Jesus Lucio, | ||
Augustin Lucio Jr. grew up on a farm outside San Marcos; at the age | ||
of 18, he answered his nation's call to duty by joining the U.S. | ||
Army and was assigned to Company L, 3rd Battalion, 23rd Regiment, | ||
2nd Infantry Division; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio's first combat mission was the D-Day | ||
invasion of Normandy, and a day later, when his unit's platoon | ||
sergeant was wounded, he took charge of the 45-man troop and led | ||
them through a number of important engagements, including the | ||
Battle of the Bulge; honorably discharged in 1945, he was awarded | ||
the Silver Star, Bronze Star, and Purple Heart, as well as the | ||
French Croix de Guerre, among other medals and ribbons; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. Lucio returned to San Marcos, | ||
where he and his wife, Delia, shared 69 happy years; together, they | ||
became the parents of four beloved children, Rosemary, Carol, Joe, | ||
and Robert, and later knew the joy of welcoming into their family | ||
three grandchildren and four great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Lucio enjoyed a notable career of more than | ||
three decades at Bergstrom Air Force Base in Austin, retiring in | ||
1979 as a chief supply inspector; he contributed to the San Marcos | ||
community as a cofounder of the local chapter of the American GI | ||
Forum and as a member of VFW Post No. 3413, the Knights of Columbus, | ||
the Holy Name Society, and St. John's Catholic Church; in addition | ||
to serving on numerous national, state, and local committees, he | ||
was a member of the San Marcos Consolidated Independent School | ||
District board for 19 years and led a boycott of the district over | ||
its lack of Hispanic teachers; the San Marcos High School library is | ||
named in his honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Augustin Lucio was a brave soldier, a caring husband | ||
and father, and a committed member of his community, and the | ||
contributions he made in each of these roles will long inspire all | ||
those who were fortunate enough to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Augustin Lucio Jr. | ||
and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, Delia; to his daughters, Rosemary and Carol; to his sons, Joe | ||
and his wife, Sheryl, and Robert and his wife, Josie; to his | ||
grandchildren, Steven and his wife, Brooke, Janellica and her | ||
husband, Paul, and Gabriel; to his great-grandchildren, Lauryn, | ||
Kaytlynn, Kayley, and Valentina; to his sister, Hermina Flores; 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 Augustin | ||
Lucio Jr. |