Bill Text: TX HR992 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Melvin Jay Meadows of Cottondale.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-04-20 - Reported enrolled [HR992 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR992-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 992 |
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WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Melvin Jay Meadows of | ||
Cottondale were deeply saddened by his passing on March 31, 2023, at | ||
the age of 85; and | ||
WHEREAS, Melvin Meadows was born in Cottondale on July 13, | ||
1937, to Tom and Ovella Meadows; he grew up on his family's ranch | ||
with the companionship of his sister, Edith, and in 1955, he | ||
graduated from Paradise High School; and | ||
WHEREAS, A lifelong rancher and farmer, Mr. Meadows owned and | ||
operated Meadows Ranch in Cottondale, where he raised livestock and | ||
grew a variety of crops; active in his community, he served on the | ||
Paradise Independent School District Board of Trustees, the | ||
Cottondale Cemetery Association Board of Trustees, and the FSA | ||
Committee in Decatur; in addition, he was a faithful member of the | ||
Cottondale Church of Christ; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Meadows enjoyed the love | ||
and support of his wife, Jannie Lou, with whom he shared 64 years of | ||
marriage; he was the proud father of three children, Deloris, | ||
Marsha, and Todd, and with the passing years, he had the privilege | ||
of seeing his family grow to include nine grandchildren and 10 | ||
great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Melvin Meadows will be deeply missed, he | ||
has left his family and friends with a wealth of memories that they | ||
will forever cherish; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Melvin Jay Meadows | ||
and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
wife, Jannie Lou Meadows; to his daughters, Deloris Martin and her | ||
husband, Davis, and Marsha Foster and her husband, Jay; to his son, | ||
Todd Meadows, and his wife, Robin; to his grandchildren, Brad | ||
Martin and his wife, Jennifer, Jana Hamby and her husband, Travis, | ||
Jerod Foster and his wife, Amanda, Hayley Rife and her husband, | ||
Adam, Seth Foster and his wife, Rachel, Dalton Meadows and his wife, | ||
Bethany, Dillon Meadows and his wife, Laken, Danae Meadows, and | ||
Dustin Meadows; to his great-grandchildren, Brynlee and Bryleigh | ||
Hamby, Chase and Britton Martin, Owen and Allie Rife, Eva, Lola, and | ||
Emmy Foster, and Conley Meadows; 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 Melvin | ||
Meadows. | ||
Stucky | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 992 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 20, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||