Bill Text: TX SR147 | 2017 | 85th Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Bobby Glenn Tucker on the occasion of his 50th anniversary in the ministry.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-08-15 - Reported enrolled [SR147 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR147-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Bobby Glenn Tucker marked his 50th anniversary in | ||
the ministry on July 29, 2017, at his home church, Rose Hill | ||
Baptist Church near Mineola; and | ||
WHEREAS, Now the associate pastor of Antioch Baptist | ||
Church in Conway, Arkansas, Bobby Tucker attended Rose Hill | ||
Baptist as a boy; called to the ministry when he was only 12, he | ||
delivered his first sermon the following year, and as a | ||
14-year-old, he conducted his first wedding service, for his | ||
sister, Betty Gamble, and her husband, Tom; as a teen, he found | ||
many opportunities to preach and minister in Wood County, even | ||
filling in while Hainesville Baptist Church was without a pastor | ||
for more than a year; and | ||
WHEREAS, Pastor Tucker graduated from Mineola High School | ||
in 1973 and traveled extensively as Texas FFA president and national | ||
FFA president before going on to attend Texas A&M University; as | ||
a student, he was active in reviving the college ministry at | ||
Beacon Baptist Church in Bryan, and after graduating in 1979, he | ||
entered the Baptist Missionary Association and served as a youth | ||
minister at Farley Street Baptist Church in Waxahachie; and | ||
WHEREAS, Early in his career, this esteemed clergyman served | ||
as youth pastor at First Baptist Church in Magnolia, Arkansas; | ||
he worked for the state Baptist Missionary Association and then | ||
accepted a position in the youth department for the national | ||
association, based in Texarkana; returning to Texas A&M University | ||
around the turn of the century, he completed his master's degree | ||
while also serving as an assistant director of student activities | ||
and advisor to the student government association; subsequently, | ||
he was director of the Association of Baptist Students for a | ||
number of years; he then worked briefly in Washington, D.C., | ||
before joining Antioch Baptist in 2008; and | ||
WHEREAS, Over the course of a half century, Pastor Tucker | ||
has set an inspiring example of faith in action, and countless | ||
are those who have benefited from his guidance, wise counsel, and | ||
able leadership; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Bobby Tucker | ||
on his 50th anniversary in the ministry and extend to him sincere | ||
best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
Pastor Tucker as an expression of high regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on August 15, 2017. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |