Bill Text: TX HR62 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Allyn Paul Roussel of New Orleans, Louisiana.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-03 - Reported enrolled [HR62 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR62-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 62 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Family and friends mourn the loss of Allyn Paul | ||
| Roussel of New Orleans, Louisiana, who died on November 4, 2010, at | ||
| the age of 92; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Allyn Roussel was born in Lutcher, Louisiana, on | ||
| March 16, 1918, to Neva Bourgeois Roussel and Arthur Joseph | ||
| Roussel, Sr.; at St. Aloysius High School, he boxed and played on | ||
| the baseball and football teams, earning the nickname "Rock" for | ||
| being "as sturdy as the Rock of Gibraltar" on the gridiron; after | ||
| high school, he attended Loyola University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Roussel | ||
| served as a seaman first class in the U.S. Coast Guard during World | ||
| War II; in 1943, he was joined in matrimony to the former Claire | ||
| Wright, and together they were blessed with three children, five | ||
| grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After the war, Mr. Roussel became a businessman, and | ||
| for almost half a century he owned and operated automotive service | ||
| stations in the Gretna, Belle Chasse, and Algiers neighborhoods of | ||
| New Orleans; he was active in his profession as a member of the | ||
| board of directors of the Service Station Association of Louisiana | ||
| and a member of the Texaco Dealer Advisory Board; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Roussel attended St. Andrew the Apostle Catholic | ||
| Church and was a member of Santa Maria Council No. 1724 of the | ||
| Knights of Columbus, which recognized him with the Family of the | ||
| Month Award in 1998 and the Gold Knight Award in 2004; he continued | ||
| to honor his military service as a member of American Legion Post | ||
| 218; and | ||
| WHEREAS, "Rock" Roussel lived a caring and purposeful life, | ||
| and he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who | ||
| held him close to their hearts; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Allyn Paul Roussel and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his wife | ||
| of 67 years, Claire Wright Roussel; to his children, Allyn Paul | ||
| "Rocky" Roussel, Jr., Wright Jude Roussel and his wife, Johanna, | ||
| and Magdalita Roussel; to his grandchildren, Kimberly Ann Roussel | ||
| Alexi and her husband, Kevin, Shawn M. Roussel, Jason S. Roussel, | ||
| Brian P. Roussel, and Jaime Marie Marcel Kiss and her husband, | ||
| Robert; to his great-grandchildren, Darrik Roussel, Chase Alexi, | ||
| and Robert Kiss III; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be | ||
| it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this resolution be prepared for his | ||
| family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns | ||
| this day, it do so in honor of Allyn Paul Roussel. | ||
| Hilderbran | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 62 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on February 24, 2011. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
