Bill Text: TX HR952 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Dr. Clinton L. Davis of First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant on his 25th pastoral anniversary.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-04-04 - Reported enrolled [HR952 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-HR952-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 952 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The members of First Baptist Church in Mount | ||
| Pleasant are honoring Dr. Clinton L. Davis on May 24, 2017, for 25 | ||
| years of dedicated service to that congregation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of a Baptist minister, Clint Davis grew up in | ||
| Louisiana and was ordained by the Peniel Baptist Church in West | ||
| Monroe in 1978; after graduating from Louisiana College in | ||
| Pineville in 1981, he attended the New Orleans Baptist Theological | ||
| Seminary, where he earned a master of divinity degree and a doctor | ||
| of ministry degree; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Dr. Davis began his ministerial career at Pleasant | ||
| Hill Baptist Church in Chatham, Louisiana, in 1978 and went on to | ||
| serve congregations in Spearsville, Shreveport, and Haughton; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Since assuming the pastorate at FBC Mount Pleasant | ||
| in 1992, Dr. Davis has contributed to his community as treasurer of | ||
| the Cypress Basin Hospice Board of Directors and as a trustee for | ||
| East Texas Baptist University, and he is active in the Mount | ||
| Pleasant Rotary Club; moreover, he is a member of the executive | ||
| board and the mission funding group for the Baptist General | ||
| Convention of Texas; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Dr. Davis enjoys the love and | ||
| support of his wife, Cindy, and their three children, Heather, | ||
| Rachel, and Joshua; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This inspiring clergyman has led First Baptist | ||
| Church in Mount Pleasant with conviction and compassion, and he has | ||
| earned the lasting respect and admiration of his congregants as | ||
| well as members of the greater community; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Dr. Clinton L. Davis on his 25th | ||
| anniversary as pastor of First Baptist Church in Mount Pleasant and | ||
| extend to him sincere best wishes for continued success with his | ||
| important work; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Dr. Clinton L. Davis as an expression of high regard by | ||
| the Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Hefner | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 952 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 30, 2017, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
