Bill Text: TX HR448 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wise County Justice of the Peace Terri Lynn Johnson.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-16 - Reported enrolled [HR448 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR448-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 448 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The family, friends, and colleagues of Wise County | ||
| Justice of the Peace Terri Lynn Johnson were greatly saddened by her | ||
| untimely passing on April 26, 2014, at the age of 40; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Terri Johnson was born in Fort Worth on October 29, | ||
| 1973, to Kenny Taylor and Carol Miller; she embarked on her career | ||
| in public service in 1992, when she joined the Denton County | ||
| Sheriff's Department as community relations director; after | ||
| earning her peace officer's license, she taught Drug Abuse | ||
| Resistance Education classes in Denton County schools and was | ||
| honored as the 1996 DARE Officer of the Year; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following her completion of a degree in criminal | ||
| justice, Ms. Johnson took a part-time job at the local justice of | ||
| the peace office; her rewarding experiences in that position later | ||
| inspired her to run for justice of the peace for Precinct 2 of Wise | ||
| County; she took office on January 1, 2007, and was reelected four | ||
| years later, and in the course of her tenure, she earned the respect | ||
| of her peers and the appreciation of the public; in addition to | ||
| fulfilling her duties as justice of the peace, she served on the | ||
| criminal justice and juvenile grant review boards of the North | ||
| Central Texas Council of Governments and acted as secretary for the | ||
| Texas Justice Court Judges Association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan also played an active role in | ||
| her community in other ways; she volunteered with the American | ||
| Diabetes Association, taught for Junior Achievement, and served as | ||
| a mentor for Teen Court and for the Decatur High School chapter of | ||
| the Fellowship of Christian Athletes; moreover, she was a valued | ||
| member of the congregation at First Baptist Church of Decatur; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Judge Johnson and her husband, Craig, established a | ||
| rewarding union that spanned 18 years, and the couple became the | ||
| parents of two sons, Coy and Harlon; in her spare time, she invented | ||
| and marketed a cleaner for horse tack, and she enjoyed baking, | ||
| traveling, and shooting sporting clays; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A caring wife and mother and an accomplished public | ||
| official, Terri Johnson made a meaningful difference in the lives | ||
| of her loved ones and fellow citizens alike, and her contributions | ||
| will be remembered and admired for years to come; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Judge Terri Lynn | ||
| Johnson and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
| her husband, Craig Johnson; to her sons, Coy and Harlon Johnson; to | ||
| her mother, Carol France and her husband, Garry; to her father, | ||
| Kenny Taylor; to her grandfather, Garlon Taylor; to her brothers, | ||
| Rowdy France and his wife, Debbie, and Cody France and his wife, | ||
| Sarah; to her sister, Reka Ofner and her husband, Ron; to her uncle, | ||
| Curt Miller and his wife, Ruthie; and to her other relatives and | ||
| many friends; and, be it further | ||
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| ESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
| Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Terri Lynn | ||
| Johnson. | ||
| King of Parker | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 448 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on February 16, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
