Bill Text: TX HR804 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring Jack and Kathleen McCrady of Austin on their 70th wedding anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2013-03-21 - Reported enrolled [HR804 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR804-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 804 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 70th wedding anniversary of two people still as | ||
| in love as the day they married is a milestone not frequently | ||
| reached and therefore all the more worth celebrating; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jesse L. "Jack" McCrady and the former Kathleen | ||
| Holland were joined in matrimony on December 24, 1942, during their | ||
| Christmas break; at the time, they were still high school seniors in | ||
| Hollis, Oklahoma, where they were classmates and close friends of | ||
| Edith and Darrell Royal; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Following graduation in May 1943, Mr. McCrady was | ||
| drafted into the U.S. Army and served his country with distinction | ||
| in World War II as a pilot of twin-engine aircraft; after his | ||
| honorable discharge, he joined the Texas National Guard and | ||
| primarily worked as a helicopter pilot based at Camp Mabry in | ||
| Austin; he earned a number of honors through the years and retired | ||
| with the rank of major in 1973; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. McCrady, who had a notable career with the | ||
| Austin Independent School District, is a gifted and nationally | ||
| known quilt artist, whose work has been exhibited to great acclaim | ||
| and is held in private and corporate collections; and | ||
| WHEREAS, An expert in quilt appraisal and the author of a | ||
| popular book entitled My Life With Quilts, Mrs. McCrady is a | ||
| charter member of the Austin Area Quilt Guild and founder of Quilt | ||
| History Study Hall; she has also offered classes on history, | ||
| restoration, and conservation using her extensive collection of | ||
| quilts, fabrics, and ephemera, and in 2006, she donated that | ||
| collection to the Dolph Briscoe Center for American History at The | ||
| University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. McCrady are longtime residents of the | ||
| Brentwood neighborhood of Austin, where they are active in their | ||
| neighborhood association; they have been faithful members of | ||
| Northwest Baptist Church for decades; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Blessed with a treasured family, they enjoy spending | ||
| time with their 4 children, Michael, Nancy, Phillip, and Karol Ann, | ||
| and their spouses, as well as their 11 grandchildren, 18 | ||
| great-grandchildren, and 4 great-great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jack and Kathleen McCrady have shared seven decades | ||
| of abiding love and affection for one another, and they are among an | ||
| exceptional group of men and women who can claim such a lasting | ||
| commitment; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Jack and Kathleen McCrady on their | ||
| 70th wedding anniversary and extend to them sincere best wishes for | ||
| continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mr. and Mrs. McCrady as an expression of high regard | ||
| by the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Naishtat | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 804 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 20, 2013, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
