Bill Text: TX HR685 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: In memory of Philip Wayne James of Arlington.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Introduced - Dead) 2019-03-01 - Filed [HR685 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR685-Introduced.html
86R14815 JH-D | ||
By: Craddick | H.R. No. 685 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Philip | ||
Wayne James of Arlington, who passed away on February 2, 2019, at | ||
the age of 84; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wayne James was born on September 11, 1934, to | ||
Dalton L. James and Minnie Caldwell James; his family initially | ||
resided in Dallas County before moving to Lubbock when he was nine | ||
years old; he completed his college studies at Texas Tech | ||
University, earning bachelor's and master's degrees; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1968, Mr. James had the good fortune to meet | ||
Peggy Welling, and they spent a memorable first date at the State | ||
Fair of Texas; the couple exchanged vows in 1971 and shared a | ||
rewarding marriage that spanned nearly five decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Shortly after receiving his undergraduate degree, | ||
Mr. James embarked on his career in association management by | ||
becoming the executive director of the Texas Tech Ex-Students | ||
Association and its affiliate groups, a position he held for 21 | ||
years; he relocated to Arlington in 1978 and began focusing on trade | ||
organizations related to such businesses as farm equipment sales | ||
and meat packing; in 1985, he became executive director of the Texas | ||
Lathing and Plastering Contractors Association, and he later took | ||
on related duties for the National Association of Manufacturers; he | ||
retired from full-time employment in 2006 but continued to be | ||
active on a part-time basis for another six years; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. James garnered a number of important honors in | ||
the course of his career, including the Texas Distinguished | ||
Executive Award, the Construction Industry Lifetime Leadership | ||
Award, and the Texas Tech University Alumni Association | ||
Distinguished Executive Award; and | ||
WHEREAS, An active member of his community, Mr. James served | ||
on the boards of the Arlington Public Library and its foundation and | ||
on several committees; in his leisure time, he enjoyed researching | ||
his family's genealogy and taking classes in the Tarrant County | ||
College Senior Education Program; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wayne James lived a life that was rich in personal | ||
and professional achievements, and he will forever be a source of | ||
inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Philip Wayne James | ||
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 Wayne | ||
James. |