Bill Text: TX HR7 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Richard Allen Cordes, Menard County judge.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR7 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR7-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 7 |
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WHEREAS, The death of Menard County Judge Richard Allen | ||
Cordes on February 15, 2020, at the age of 68, brought a great loss | ||
to his family, friends, and fellow citizens; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born to Oney and Verna Cordes on January 25, 1952, | ||
Richard Cordes grew up with three brothers, John, Greg, and Oney, | ||
and three sisters, Laurie, Wanda, and Donna; he graduated from | ||
Texas A&M University College of Veterinary Medicine and went on to | ||
serve his country in the United States Air Force for three years; in | ||
1978, he and his wife, Janis, moved to Menard and purchased Menard | ||
Animal Clinic; treating both pets and livestock, Dr. Cordes became | ||
widely known in the Hill Country for his kindness, expertise, and | ||
ability to calm nervous animals, and he also delighted clients with | ||
his sense of humor; he was involved with local youth who showed | ||
livestock, and he benefited his profession as a member of the Texas | ||
Department of Licensing and Regulation's Licensed Breeder Advisory | ||
Committee; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Cordes was a county commissioner from 1986 to | ||
1998 and served as county judge from 2003 until his passing; he | ||
brought to his work compassion, humility, and integrity, as well as | ||
a sharp intellect; active in the Concho Valley Council of | ||
Governments, he served as secretary, vice president, and president, | ||
and he was also president of the Concho Valley Community Action | ||
Agency; in addition, he was a director of the Frontera Healthcare | ||
Network and a member of the Texas Small Business Development Center | ||
and the Texas Rural Foundation; he was named 2007 Official of the | ||
Year by the West Texas County Judges and Commissioners Association, | ||
and he was twice named Menard's Citizen of the Year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his loved ones, Dr. Cordes leaves to | ||
cherish his memory his wife, Janis, and their children: Megan | ||
Cordes and family, Brittany and Cai Laird; Blane Cordes and family, | ||
Ashlea, Avery, Weston, and Aubrey; and Logan Cordes and family, | ||
Anna, Cam, Allie, and Kason, as well as his siblings, Greg Cordes, | ||
Laurie Curtis, Oney Cordes, Wanda Baldwin, and Donna Shodrock; and | ||
WHEREAS, Richard Cordes made a lasting, positive difference | ||
in his community through his outstanding professional and civic | ||
contributions, and although he is deeply missed by those he left | ||
behind, he will forever hold a special place in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Richard Allen | ||
Cordes and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing; | ||
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 | ||
Dr. Richard Allen Cordes. | ||
Murr | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 7 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on March 10, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||