Bill Text: TX HR97 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Jeff Bass Young of Chalk Mountain.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR97 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR97-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 97 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The certain knowledge of a life well lived may | ||
| temper the profound sadness felt at the death of Jeff Bass Young of | ||
| Chalk Mountain on March 4, 2014, at the age of 57; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Jeff Young was born in Fort Worth on February 21, | ||
| 1957, to Hollis and Carolyn Bass, and he was later adopted by his | ||
| grandparents, J. O. and Mary Jane Young; he graduated as the | ||
| valedictorian of Springtown High School in 1975, earning the | ||
| affectionate nickname "Perch" as the manager of the varsity | ||
| football team; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A veteran of the U.S. Navy nuclear program, | ||
| Mr. Young enjoyed a notable career with the Comanche Peak Nuclear | ||
| Power Plant before retiring; he also worked as a licensed | ||
| vocational nurse in Glen Rose; and | ||
| WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman was a devout Christian who | ||
| served as a deacon and Sunday school teacher at Plainview Baptist | ||
| Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Although Jeff Young is deeply missed, cherished | ||
| memories of time spent in his company will long endure in the hearts | ||
| of his family and friends; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Jeff Bass Young and | ||
| extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
| wife, Dianne Young; to his sisters, Holly Moore and her husband, | ||
| Phillip, Shelly Cagle and her husband, Sam, and Carrie Montgomery | ||
| and her husband, Bobby; to his sister-in-law, LaQuita Johnson; to | ||
| his brothers-in-law, Vic Johnson and Tony Smith and his wife, Joan; | ||
| to his nephews, Andrew and Jay Johnson; to his stepmother, Martha | ||
| Erickson; to his aunt, Jean Henderson; to his special friend, John | ||
| Mohr; and to his many 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 Jeff Bass | ||
| Young. | ||
| Sheffield | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 97 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
| vote of the House on February 19, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
