Bill Text: TX SR34 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 1st Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Bill Sullivan Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-20 - Reported enrolled [SR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR34-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Bill Sullivan Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-06-20 - Reported enrolled [SR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR34-Introduced.html
88S10203 CJM-D | ||
By: Hughes | S.R. No. 34 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories | ||
of Bill Sullivan Jr. of Marshall, who passed away on June 11, 2023, | ||
at the age of 94; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Bill Sullivan Sr. and Bess Crouch | ||
Sullivan, Bill Sullivan was born on September 19, 1928, in | ||
Marshall; he graduated with the Marshall High School Class of 1946 | ||
and continued his education at East Texas Baptist University, the | ||
University of North Texas, and the Dallas Institute of Funeral | ||
Service; after serving his country during the Korean War as a member | ||
of the U.S. Army, he embarked on a successful career as a funeral | ||
director; he held leadership roles with Sullivan Funeral Home as | ||
well as a number of other businesses, including Sullivan Life | ||
Insurance Company, Sullivan Monument Company, Colonial Gardens | ||
Cemetery, and Algoma Cemetery; moreover, he was active in various | ||
professional associations; and | ||
WHEREAS, An engaged member of his community, Mr. Sullivan | ||
served as president of the Rotary Club of Marshall and the Fern Lake | ||
Hunting and Fishing Club and as a director of the Greater Marshall | ||
Chamber of Commerce, the Harrison County Chapter of the American | ||
Red Cross, and the Harrison County Historical Society; he was also | ||
involved in the American Legion and several masonic organizations; | ||
sustained by an abiding faith, he served as a vestryman at Trinity | ||
Episcopal Church and as a deacon at First Baptist Church of | ||
Marshall; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Sullivan enjoyed the love | ||
and support of his wife, the former Carolyn Latham, with whom he | ||
shared a rewarding marriage that spanned 71 years before her | ||
passing; he took great pride in their two daughters, Sherry and | ||
Cindy, and he had the pleasure of seeing his family grow to include | ||
four grandchildren, Clay, Stephen, John, and the late Dr. Lauren | ||
Gilstrap, as well as five great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bill Sullivan lived a life that was rich in personal | ||
and professional achievements, and he will forever be a source of | ||
inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 1st | ||
Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Bill Sullivan | ||
Jr. and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing; | ||
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 Bill Sullivan. |