Bill Text: TX HR60 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 3rd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Charles L. Branch, Sr., and Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Reported enrolled [HR60 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR60-Introduced.html
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Charles L. Branch, Sr., and Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch on the occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-08-06 - Reported enrolled [HR60 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR60-Introduced.html
By: Branch | H.R. No. 60 |
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WHEREAS, A diamond wedding anniversary is truly cause for a | ||
celebration, and on August 4, 2013, Dr. Charles Leon Branch and | ||
Mrs. Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch of San Antonio marked this momentous | ||
milestone in their marriage; and | ||
WHEREAS, The couple met in Nashville, Tennessee, while | ||
Dr. Branch, a native of Crockett County, Tennessee, was a student | ||
at Vanderbilt University Medical School and the former Sylvia Lee | ||
Boswell was enrolled at Peabody College; they were married on | ||
August 4, 1953, in the bride's hometown of Lakeland, Florida; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. and Mrs. Branch have exemplified the qualities | ||
of leadership and outstanding citizenship for their five children, | ||
18 grandchildren, and one great grandchild whom they have inspired | ||
to achieve success, and return service to many, in their respective | ||
fields of endeavor; their children and extended family include four | ||
sons, Charles L. Branch, Jr., M.D., Chief of Neurosurgery at Wake | ||
Forest University Baptist Memorial Hospital, and his wife, Lesa | ||
W. Branch, of Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and their five | ||
children, Byron, Daniel, Leslie, Courtney, and Emily Branch; Warren | ||
B. Branch, D.D.S., 2011 Texas Dentist of the Year and past | ||
president of the San Antonio Dental Society, and his wife Melissa | ||
W. Branch of San Antonio; Daniel H. Branch, Esq., Chairman of the | ||
Committee on Higher Education in the Texas House of Representatives | ||
and shareholder of Winstead P.C., and his wife, Stacey S. Branch, | ||
of Dallas, and their five children, Daniel Jr., Spencer, Catherine, | ||
Charles, and Sarah Branch; and Alfred C. Branch, President/CEO of | ||
the Moriah Real Estate Company L.L.C., and his wife, Judy | ||
L. Branch, of Oklahoma City, Oklahoma and Midland, and their two | ||
children, Meagan and Lee Branch; and one daughter, Cynthia Lee | ||
Branch Adams, and her husband, Donald F. Adams, M.D., a prominent | ||
ophthalmologist, of San Antonio, and their six children, Henson, | ||
Alexandra, Samantha, Harrison, Henry, and Sarah Adams; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mrs. Branch began her undergraduate education at | ||
Florida Christian College, known today as Florida College, and she | ||
went on to graduate from Peabody College, known today as a part of | ||
Vanderbilt University; throughout her marriage, she has placed her | ||
family at the top of her priority list as a dedicated homemaker | ||
along with her service as a teacher at MacArthur Park Church of | ||
Christ, while also becoming a respected civic leader and community | ||
volunteer; a tireless helper at her children's schools, she served | ||
as president of the PTA at Serna Elementary School, John Nance | ||
Garner Middle School, and Douglas MacArthur High School in San | ||
Antonio's Northeast ISD and has served the greater community as | ||
well as president of the Bexar County Medical Society Auxiliary; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Branch attended Lipscomb College, known today | ||
as Lipscomb University, and graduated from Vanderbilt University | ||
and its medical school; he completed a neurosurgical residency at | ||
the University of Chicago, received a fellowship to Montreal's | ||
McGill University, and began his practice in neurosurgery at the | ||
Montreal Neurological Institute under the service of Dr. Wilder | ||
Penfield, one of North America's leading neurosurgeons at that | ||
time; Dr. Branch was a clinical professor at McGill University and | ||
at The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio, and | ||
a distinguished guest lecturer at the University of Texas | ||
Southwestern Medical Center in Dallas, has been widely published on | ||
a host of neurological and neurosurgical topics, and has further | ||
distinguished himself as a member of the Society of University | ||
Neurosurgeons, one of the earliest members of the Harvey Cushing | ||
Society, now known as the American Association of Neurological | ||
Surgeons (AANS), and the recipient of the 2004 AANS Humanitarian | ||
Award for his medical mission work in Nigeria, Haiti and Guyana, as | ||
the namesake for the Dr. Charles L. Branch Award at UT Dallas Brain | ||
Health Center, and as vice chair of the board of trustees and | ||
trustee emeritus of Oklahoma Christian University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Throughout six decades of marriage, the Branches | ||
have made their home in Chicago, Illinois; Montreal, Quebec, | ||
Canada; and San Antonio, where they remain valued members of the | ||
community; the couple are active members of the MacArthur Park | ||
Church of Christ, where Dr. Branch is an elder, teacher, and | ||
medical missionary, and Mrs. Branch is a longtime children's | ||
teacher; in addition, she is an active board member of The Christian | ||
Chronicle newspaper; Dr. Branch is the founder, and along with | ||
Mrs. Branch, acts as general partner for the Branch Ranch holdings | ||
in Geronimo; and | ||
WHEREAS, Together, Dr. and Mrs. Branch have shared the | ||
trials and triumphs of six decades, and it is a pleasure to join in | ||
honoring their enduring union; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Dr. Charles | ||
Leon Branch, Sr. and Mrs. Sylvia Lee Boswell Branch on the joyous | ||
occasion of their 60th wedding anniversary and extend to them | ||
sincere best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Dr. and Mrs. Branch as an expression of high regard by | ||
the Texas House of Representatives. |