Bill Text: TX HR792 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR792 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR792-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-13 - Reported enrolled [HR792 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR792-Introduced.html
86R19195 JGH-D | ||
By: Buckley | H.R. No. 792 |
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WHEREAS, U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr. is being | ||
laid to rest at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen | ||
on March 12, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Shotwell | ||
distinguished himself through his service in the army from December | ||
6, 1963, to December 5, 1966; he died on November 20, 2018, at the | ||
age of 73; and | ||
WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Mr. Shotwell had no | ||
known surviving family to oversee his interment, but through the | ||
efforts of the Unaccompanied Veterans Program of the Texas Veterans | ||
Land Board, he will be buried with military honors at the Central | ||
Texas State Veterans Cemetery in coordination with Crotty Funeral | ||
Home in Belton and the Fort Hood Casualty Office; and | ||
WHEREAS, Demonstrating the selfless devotion to duty that | ||
exemplifies our nation's military personnel, Major Lee Shotwell Jr. | ||
served his country with distinction, and his fellow citizens owe | ||
him an eternal debt of gratitude for his contributions and | ||
sacrifice; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Major Lee Shotwell | ||
Jr.; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That when the Texas House of Representatives | ||
adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mr. Shotwell. |