Bill Text: TX HR809 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Richard Camp "Dick" Murphy of Kaufman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-06 - Reported enrolled [HR809 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR809-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Richard Camp "Dick" Murphy of Kaufman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-06 - Reported enrolled [HR809 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR809-Introduced.html
88R18906 JRI-D | ||
By: Bell of Kaufman | H.R. No. 809 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Richard Camp Murphy of Kaufman, who passed away on July 29, 2022, | ||
at the age of 84; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Dallas on September 17, 1937, Dick Murphy | ||
was the son of Bonneau and Glieth Murphy, and he grew up with the | ||
companionship of a sister, Suzanne; after spending his formative | ||
years in Kentucky and Pennsylvania, he graduated from the Webb | ||
School in Tennessee; he went on to earn a bachelor's degree in | ||
philosophy from DePauw University and a master's degree from the | ||
Rutgers University Graduate School of Accounting; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Murphy began his career in New York City at | ||
Peat, Marwick, Mitchell & Co. and later transferred to the Dallas | ||
area, where he was eventually named a junior partner; after 15 years | ||
at that firm, he became president of Dallas General Life Insurance | ||
Company and worked there for two decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, A resident of Cottonwood for more than 40 years, | ||
Mr. Murphy was elected to two terms as Kaufman County tax | ||
assessor-collector and served as a municipal judge; he further | ||
benefited his fellow citizens as a member of several community | ||
boards and the Kaufman Lions Club; his passion for ranching led him | ||
to cofound the Calvin A. Sloan Memorial Fund, which supports the | ||
Kaufman County Junior Livestock Show; he also loved fishing and was | ||
the owner of the Billy Bass Lure Co.; and | ||
WHEREAS, Above all, Mr. Murphy was devoted to his family; he | ||
shared a fulfilling marriage of 64 years with his wife, Nancy, and | ||
he took great pride in their three children, Glee, Bob, and Jessica; | ||
with the passing years, he had the pleasure of seeing his family | ||
grow to include nine grandchildren, Matt, Sarah, David, Lauren, | ||
Henley, Natalie, Amanda, Joe, and the late Rachel Dawn Pugh, as well | ||
as six great-grandchildren, Camp, Jax, Rachel, Winry, Alphonse, and | ||
the late Felicity Tapp; a man of faith, he helped found Country | ||
Bible Church, where he served as an elder; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dick Murphy 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 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Richard Camp Murphy | ||
and extend heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, Nancy Murphy; to his children, Glee Pugh and her husband, | ||
Clint, Bob Murphy and his wife, Yvette, and Jessica Jenkins and her | ||
husband, Scot; to his grandchildren, Matt Pugh and his wife, | ||
Rebecca, Sarah Pugh, David Pugh and his wife, Wendy, Lauren Murphy, | ||
Henley Murphy, Natalie Williams and her husband, Carl, Amanda Tapp | ||
and her husband, Casey, and Joe Nixon; to his great-grandchildren, | ||
Camp, Jax, and Rachel Pugh and Winry and Alphonse Tapp; to his | ||
sister, Suzanne Lewis, and her husband, Neil; and to his other | ||
relatives and friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
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 Dick | ||
Murphy. |