Bill Text: TX HR85 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wylie O. Webb of San Angelo.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-12-05 - Reported enrolled [HR85 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR85-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 85 |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of San Angelo lost an admired community | ||
leader with the passing of Wylie O. Webb on June 24, 2023, at the age | ||
of 90; and | ||
WHEREAS, Wylie Webb was born to Clyde and Oval Webb in San | ||
Angelo on March 17, 1933; after graduating from San Angelo High | ||
School, he joined the U.S. Air Force, training as an aircraft and | ||
engine mechanic and as a B-29 flight engineer and subsequently | ||
serving at an air base in South Korea and at Tinker Air Force Base in | ||
Oklahoma; following his military service, he attended San Angelo | ||
College and went on to earn a business administration degree from | ||
The University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of his career as a certified public | ||
accountant, Mr. Webb worked for the Jones, Freeze, Hay & Company | ||
accounting firm and then for Hall, McCoulsky, and Bachman, where he | ||
became a partner; in 1977, he cofounded the Webb & Webb accounting | ||
firm, and he retired from his practice in 2017, concluding an | ||
exemplary tenure that spanned four decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Webb was elected to the San Angelo City | ||
Commission in 1968 and as mayor of the city two years later; he | ||
demonstrated tremendous leadership in that office, helping to | ||
establish permanent underground water supplies for the city's three | ||
reservoirs; he also served as president of the San Angelo | ||
Independent School District board and the San Angelo Chamber of | ||
Commerce and as a member of the Board of City Development and the | ||
River Corridor Commission; moreover, he was a San Angelo Chamber of | ||
Commerce Citizen of the Year, a lifetime board member of the Mary | ||
Ellen Kent Bunyard Family Foundation, and a recipient of the | ||
Distinguished Public Service Award from the Texas Society of | ||
Certified Public Accountants; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Webb enjoyed the love and | ||
support of his wife of 54 years, Anita Glyn Russell Webb; he took | ||
great pride in his daughter, Aleesa Shawn Webb, and his grandson, | ||
Wylie "Gage" Hahn; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Wylie Webb is deeply missed, memories of | ||
his integrity, his kindness, and his devotion to his family remain | ||
to comfort and inspire those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
Wylie O. Webb and extend heartfelt 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 Wylie Webb. | ||
Darby | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 85 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on December 5, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||