Bill Text: TX HR569 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Richard Lee Crawford of Amarillo.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - Reported enrolled [HR569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR569-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of former state representative Richard Lee Crawford of Amarillo.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 4-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-30 - Reported enrolled [HR569 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR569-Introduced.html
88R7109 JGH-D | ||
By: Price | H.R. No. 569 |
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WHEREAS, A life dedicated to the service of the Lone Star | ||
State drew to a close with the death of the Honorable Richard Lee | ||
Crawford of Amarillo on July 18, 2022, at the age of 71; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rick Crawford was born in San Antonio on March 6, | ||
1951, to Jack and Dolores Crawford, and he grew up with two | ||
brothers, Michael and Steve Crawford, two stepbrothers, Johnny and | ||
Scott Johnson, and a stepsister, Paula; he was raised in Fort Worth | ||
and Amarillo and graduated from Tascosa High School, where he was a | ||
star player on the football team; and | ||
WHEREAS, An alumnus of The University of Texas at Austin, | ||
Mr. Crawford was a devoted member of Sigma Alpha Epsilon fraternity | ||
and worked his way through college as a real estate agent; after | ||
graduating in 1976 with a bachelor's degree in business | ||
administration, he settled in Amarillo and embarked on a successful | ||
career in commercial real estate; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1988, Mr. Crawford was elected to represent | ||
District 87 in the Texas House of Representatives, and during his | ||
two terms in the legislature, he co-sponsored and helped to pass a | ||
number of business-friendly bills, including the Worker's | ||
Compensation Reform Bill, as well as the Wilson-Crawford Bill, | ||
which established the Texas Lottery; he was a member of the | ||
government efficiency, state affairs, county affairs, and public | ||
safety committees, and he was vice chair of the public safety | ||
subcommittee on budget and oversight; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Crawford went on to serve as special assistant | ||
to House Speaker Pete Laney, and he represented the speaker on the | ||
Texas Bond Review Board and oversaw the $192 million restoration of | ||
the Capitol; in 1995, he was appointed as executive director of the | ||
Texas State Preservation Board, where he played a vital role in the | ||
design and development of the $78 million Bob Bullock Texas State | ||
History Museum; during his tenure at the preservation board, he | ||
also oversaw the South Capitol Grounds Project and the | ||
redevelopment of the Capitol's parking system; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 2003, Mr. Crawford resumed his career in | ||
commercial real estate in Amarillo, and that same year, he married | ||
his longtime love, Janis "JR" Wilson; the couple delighted in | ||
spending time with friends and following the fortunes of the Texas | ||
Longhorns; they were members of First Presbyterian Church, and | ||
Mr. Crawford was also active with the Amarillo Association of | ||
Realtors and other trade groups; and | ||
WHEREAS, Rick Crawford lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
devoted to his family, his profession, and his fellow citizens, and | ||
he leaves behind a legacy of service that will continue to inspire | ||
all those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Richard Lee | ||
Crawford and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his | ||
family: to his wife, JR Wilson; to his brothers, Michael Crawford | ||
and his wife, Barbara, and Steve Crawford and his wife, Lynn; to his | ||
sister-in-law, Carol; to his brother-in-law, Charley; to his | ||
stepsister, Paula; to his nephews and nieces, Stephen, Chase, Eric, | ||
Courtney, Caley, and Sarah; and to his other relatives 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 Richard Lee | ||
Crawford. |