Bill Text: TX HR636 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Donald W. Bankston of Richmond.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-04-20 - Reported enrolled [HR636 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR636-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 636 |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life has drawn to a close with | ||
the death of the Honorable Donald W. Bankston of Richmond on March | ||
24, 2021, at the age of 73; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on September 24, 1947, Don Bankston | ||
graduated from Woodrow Wilson High School, and he attended the | ||
University of North Texas before earning his law degree at the | ||
University of Houston; after beginning his legal career in Houston, | ||
he moved his family and his practice to Richmond in 1984; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Bankston worked as an assistant district | ||
attorney for Fort Bend County for three years, but for much of his | ||
46-year career, he was a respected criminal defense attorney who | ||
handled many high profile cases, including major drug and capital | ||
murder trials; he was known for his strong stands on behalf of | ||
constitutional rights and against police brutality and | ||
prosecutorial overreach, and he was a member of the Fort Bend County | ||
Criminal Defense Bar Association and the Texas Criminal Defense | ||
Lawyers Association; since October 2019, he had served as associate | ||
justice on the 268th District Court; and | ||
WHEREAS, A champion for his political ideals, Mr. Bankston | ||
played a leading role in organizing the local Democratic Party in | ||
the 1990s, and he chaired the Fort Bend County Democratic Party and | ||
served as a member of the State Democratic Executive Committee; he | ||
was admired by his peers and adversaries alike as a dedicated | ||
activist, negotiator, and mentor to many younger public servants; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Bankston and his wife, Susan DuQuesnay | ||
Bankston, shared a loving relationship for 50 years; he took great | ||
pride in his three sons, Bryan, Mark, and the late Chip Bankston, | ||
his daughter-in-law, Elizabeth, and his grandson, Benjamin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Don Bankston was a devoted family man, an engaged | ||
citizen, and a skilled attorney and jurist, and his commitment to | ||
public service and to equal justice will continue to inspire all | ||
those who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Donald W. Bankston and | ||
extend sincere condolences to his family and to his 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 Don | ||
Bankston. | ||
Reynolds | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 636 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 16, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||