Bill Text: TX SR213 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Marvin H. Maberry Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-02-21 - Reported enrolled [SR213 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR213-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Marvin H. Maberry Jr. | ||
| WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their | ||
| memories of Marvin H. Maberry Jr. of Daingerfield, who passed | ||
| away on November 10, 2016, at the age of 78; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A native of Corsicana, Marvin Maberry was born on | ||
| February 12, 1938; he enjoyed a 25-year career with the Texas | ||
| Department of Public Safety, where he served as an accident | ||
| investigator; in 1989, after retiring from the department, he | ||
| created Maberry Centre Bat Homes, a business that specialized in | ||
| building a variety of innovative dwellings for bats to roost; he | ||
| was also a longtime volunteer with the Bat House Project run by | ||
| Bat Conservation International, and he made it part of his | ||
| mission to help the public better understand the important role | ||
| that bats play in the ecosystem; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Maberry shared a rewarding marriage with his | ||
| wife, Diane, and he was the proud father of three children, | ||
| Marla, Angela, and Marvin, and a stepdaughter, Lisa; over the | ||
| years, his life was further enriched with the addition of seven | ||
| grandchildren and two great-grandchildren; he was also a valued | ||
| member of First United Methodist Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Marvin Maberry lived a caring and purposeful | ||
| life, and he will be remembered with admiration and affection by | ||
| all who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Marvin | ||
| H. Maberry Jr. and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his | ||
| family: to his wife, Diane Maberry; to his children, Marla | ||
| Bullard, Angela Hill, and Marvin H. Maberry III; to his | ||
| stepdaughter, Lisa Van Reenen, and her husband, Breda; to his | ||
| grandchildren, Jamie Strawn, Marissa and Carter Ayers, and Aaron, | ||
| Allison, Anna, and Ashlee Schaar; to his great-grandchildren, | ||
| Hannah and Hollye; to his stepgrandchildren, Gavin and Kelby Van | ||
| Reenen; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
| his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do | ||
| so in memory of Marvin Maberry. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on February 21, 2017, | ||
| by a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
