Bill Text: TX HR96 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled

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Bill Title: In memory of Chris Bowen Couch of Scurry.

Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)

Status: (Passed) 2013-02-21 - Reported enrolled [HR96 Detail]

Download: Texas-2013-HR96-Enrolled.html

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H.R. No. 96

R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family, friends, former colleagues, and residents
of the Scurry and Rosser communities are mourning the loss of Chris
Bowen Couch, who passed away on June 15, 2012, at the age of 53; and
WHEREAS, Born in Bay City on September 15, 1958, to Leon Bowen
Couch and Joan Edith Eggleston, Chris Couch attended Forney High
School and was a standout athlete there; in addition to running
track, he played varsity football for four years, receiving
All-District Offensive and Defensive Player honors and designation
as Most Valuable Player his senior year; Mr. Couch subsequently
played football for Eastern Arizona State University before earning
his bachelor's degree from East Texas State University and a
master's degree and superintendent's certification from Texas A&M
University--Commerce; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of his career, Chris Couch served as
a football and powerlifting coach at North Garland High School, as
principal of Scurry-Rosser Middle School, and as superintendent of
the Scurry-Rosser Independent School District; under his guidance,
the middle school was named a National Blue Ribbon School by the
U.S. Department of Education and the district was rated "Exemplary"
by the Texas Education Agency; and
WHEREAS, A man of faith, Mr. Couch was a former elder at the
First Presbyterian Church in Forney, and he attended Mt. Olive
Baptist Church in Scurry; he was a loving family man who treasured
his wife, Lana, and his children, Thomas, Ali, and Lindsay; and
WHEREAS, Chris Couch distinguished himself as an outstanding
leader and administrator, and those who were blessed to share in the
richness of his life will forever hold him close in their hearts;
now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Chris Bowen Couch and
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife,
Lana Montgomery Couch; to his children, Thomas Gordon Couch, Ali
Montgomery Couch, and Lindsay Lee Bowen Couch; to his mother, Joan
Couch Oehlschlaeger; to his brothers, Mark Couch and his wife,
Laurie, and Bruce Couch and his wife, Lisa; to his sister, Ginny
Pruet, and her husband, James; and to his other relatives and
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 Chris Bowen
Couch.
Gooden
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 96 was unanimously adopted by a rising
vote of the House on February 18, 2013.
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Chief Clerk of the House