Bill Text: TX HR494 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Michael Gene Bryan of Keller.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 2)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-08 - Reported enrolled [HR494 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR494-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 494 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Michael | ||
| Gene Bryan of Keller, who passed away on January 25, 2017, at the | ||
| age of 71; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mike Bryan was born in Coleman on June 27, 1945, to | ||
| Dany and Glenda Jean Bryan; after graduating from Abilene High | ||
| School, he attended Texas A&M University, where he was a | ||
| distinguished member of the Corps of Cadets; and | ||
| WHEREAS, During his senior year, Mr. Bryan married his high | ||
| school sweetheart, Carole Herring; the couple became the proud | ||
| parents of three children, Matthew, Mark, and Michelle, and later | ||
| in life, their family grew to include seven grandchildren, Taylor, | ||
| Logan, Huston, Hogan, Peighton, Lanie, and Cameron; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After graduating from Texas A&M, Mr. Bryan was | ||
| commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army; he began | ||
| studies at Texas A&M toward a master's degree in business but was | ||
| called to active military duty, first in the quartermaster branch | ||
| and then as a company commander at Fort Carson, Colorado; he | ||
| concluded his military service after two years at the rank of first | ||
| lieutenant; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan began his civilian career with Stewart and | ||
| Stevenson in 1970 as a district sales engineer in Odessa, and he | ||
| went on to hold the positions of sales manager and oil-field sales | ||
| manager in the company's Dallas office; in 1986, he started his own | ||
| business, M. G. Bryan Equipment Company, which prospered over the | ||
| years, earning recognition in 2007 as one of the fastest-growing | ||
| businesses in North Texas from the Dallas Business Journal and the | ||
| Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan was a member of the Masons and the | ||
| Shriners, and he was also active in the Texas and Southwestern | ||
| Cattle Raisers Association, the Texas A&M Association of Former | ||
| Students, the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, and the | ||
| National Oil Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A dedicated officer, a caring family man, and an | ||
| accomplished business leader, Mike Bryan lived a rich and | ||
| purposeful life surrounded by those he loved, and they will forever | ||
| carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Michael Gene Bryan | ||
| and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many 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 Michael | ||
| Gene Bryan. | ||
| Kacal | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 494 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 2, 2017. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
