Bill Text: TX HR82 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Walter Yates Sr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-11 - Reported enrolled [HR82 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR82-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 82 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort | ||
| those saddened by the passing of Walter Yates Sr. on January 2, | ||
| 2019, at the age of 78; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Walter Yates was born on July 6, 1940, in Shepherd to | ||
| Douglas and Girty Yates, and he grew up with eight siblings, Leola, | ||
| Ann, Guy, Harold, Samuel, Lee, David, and Gwen; when he was seven, | ||
| the family moved to Houston, where he later became a varsity | ||
| basketball player for Phillis Wheatley High School, helping the | ||
| team win three state championships; he went on to attend Pan | ||
| American College on a full athletic scholarship, and he played on | ||
| the college's 1963 NAIA championship team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After graduating, Mr. Yates worked at Pan American | ||
| as an assistant coach until 1966, when he was hired to teach and | ||
| coach at E. O. Smith Junior High in Houston; two years later, he | ||
| helped integrate the Houston Independent School District by | ||
| becoming the first African American head coach at a predominantly | ||
| white school, Northside High, and he spent 17 years there; he went | ||
| on to take the head coaching job at Madison High in 1985, and he | ||
| returned to the Fifth Ward in 1996 to teach and coach at Kashmere | ||
| High School, remaining a member of the faculty until his retirement | ||
| in 2007; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Over the course of his 42-year career, Coach Yates | ||
| won an impressive total of 997 games, but he took his greatest | ||
| satisfaction from serving as a mentor and father figure to his | ||
| athletes; he was also a man of profound religious faith, attending | ||
| Yale Street Baptist Church since 1976 and serving as a deacon for | ||
| more than 30 years; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Yates shared a loving relationship with his | ||
| wife, Mary Louise Yates, that spanned 54 years, and he was the proud | ||
| father of three children, Alisa Yates Boutte, Walter Yates Jr., and | ||
| his adopted son, Calvin Rice Sr.; later in life, he saw his family | ||
| grow to include eight grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, A devoted family man and an inspiring educator and | ||
| coach, Walter Yates lived a rich and purposeful life, and he will | ||
| forever be remembered with deep affection by all those who had the | ||
| good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Walter Yates Sr. and | ||
| extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and his 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 Walter | ||
| Yates Sr. | ||
| Dutton | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 82 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on March 6, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
