Bill Text: TX SR28 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Andrew Gid Terry Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-19 - Reported enrolled [SR28 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR28-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Andrew Gid Terry Jr. | ||
WHEREAS, Retired United States Air Force Colonel Andrew | ||
Gid Terry Jr. of Longview passed away on June 10, 2023, at the age | ||
of 89, bringing a great loss to his family and friends; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Bessie Irene Turner and Andrew Gid | ||
Terry Sr., Gid Terry was born in Greenville, Mississippi, on | ||
February 5, 1934; he worked his way through Mississippi State | ||
University, where he was a student leader and member of the Air | ||
Force ROTC; after completing his bachelor's degree in business, | ||
he was commissioned as a second lieutenant in the USAF and began | ||
pilot training; he married the former Elizabeth Ann Noble in | ||
December 1955 and they became the parents of two daughters, | ||
Debbie and Lisa, as well as a son, Gid, who tragically lived for | ||
only one day; and | ||
WHEREAS, Colonel Terry's career spanned three decades and | ||
took him and his family to seven different states and two foreign | ||
countries; he served in all three of the air force's command | ||
divisions at the time, and during the Vietnam War, he flew | ||
missions in the Military Airlift Command, carrying supplies and | ||
sometimes transporting combat troops or airlifting the wounded; | ||
later assigned to the Strategic Air Command, he was named deputy | ||
commander of maintenance at Beale Air Force Base near Sacramento, | ||
California; he took great pride in the achievements of the | ||
maintenance squadrons as well as the pilots of that | ||
Reconnaissance Wing and earned their admiration and affection; | ||
moreover, he became one of the elite few to fly the SR-71; | ||
following his retirement in 1985, he and his wife settled in | ||
Marshall; they were very active in their church and community and | ||
formed many wonderful friendships through the Marshall Lions | ||
Club; Mrs. Terry preceded her husband in death; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although Gid Terry is greatly missed by those he | ||
has left behind, they will continue to find inspiration in his | ||
warmth, kindness, and dedication; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life | ||
of U.S. Air Force Colonel (Ret.) Andrew Gid Terry Jr. and extend | ||
sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his daughters, | ||
Debbie Hembree and Lisa Constantine and her husband, Gene; to his | ||
grandchildren, Lance Spott, Courtney Rogers, and Micah, Leah, | ||
and Hannah Constantine; to his great-grandchildren, Sydney and | ||
Connor Spott and Samantha Rogers; 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 Senate adjourns | ||
this day, it do so in memory of Colonel Gid Terry. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on October 19, 2023, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |