Bill Text: TX SR14 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Joe Willard Kirven.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-07-22 - Reported enrolled [SR14 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-SR14-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Joe Willard Kirven | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Joe Willard Kirven, who died July 5, | ||
2021, at the age of 90; and | ||
WHEREAS, Joe Kirven was born on June 5, 1931; he was a | ||
standout athlete at Booker T. Washington High School in Dallas, | ||
and he attended Wiley College on an athletic scholarship; after | ||
his graduation, he acquired the first of his many successful | ||
businesses, ABCO Maintenance, with only $500 in capital; and | ||
WHEREAS, He built ABCO Maintenance into a multimillion | ||
dollar company, and he later expanded his business interests to | ||
include real estate and a chemical company; he became one of the | ||
first African American millionaires in Dallas; and | ||
WHEREAS, Noted for his enthusiasm for giving back to his | ||
community, Joe was active in a wide range of civic organizations, | ||
notably in the field of education; he was on the board of trustees | ||
of the Hockaday School and of the University of North Texas, and a | ||
scholarship was named in his honor at his alma mater, Wiley | ||
College; he also served on the boards of the Dallas Historical | ||
Society, the Dallas Independent School District, Park South | ||
YMCA, and the Dallas Black Chamber of Commerce; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was active in the political arena and served on | ||
the Dallas City Council; he was a special assistant to Governor | ||
Bill Clements, and he was engaged in steering qualified black | ||
candidates to appointments to state commissions; he was a member | ||
of President Richard Nixon's Advisory Council for Minority | ||
Enterprise, and he was invited to participate in President Jimmy | ||
Carter's Conference on Minority Business; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was a man of wisdom, strength, and | ||
determination who gave unselfishly to others, and his commitment | ||
to public service and his enthusiasm for living each day to the | ||
fullest will long be a source of inspiration for all who were | ||
privileged to share in his life; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband, father, and | ||
grandfather, and he leaves behind memories that will be treasured | ||
forever by his family and countless friends; now, therefore, be | ||
it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 87th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Joe Willard Kirven: his | ||
beloved wife, Gloria Foster Kirven; his daughter, Josette Kirven | ||
Valtierra; and his grandsons, Gregory Valtierra IV and Michael | ||
Valtierra; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Joe Kirven. | ||
West | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on July 22, 2021, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |