Bill Text: TX SR362 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Jimmy Don Blair.
Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 7-1)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-29 - Printed in full [SR362 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR362-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | |||||
of | |||||
Jimmy Don Blair | |||||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | |||||
commemorates the life of Jimmy Don Blair, who died in 2023 at the | |||||
age of 81; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Jimmy Don Blair was born on September 27, 1941, | |||||
in the town of Borger in the Texas Panhandle; an accomplished | |||||
athlete and student, he graduated from Borger High School and | |||||
went on to attend Oklahoma University; a talented and | |||||
adventurous young man, Jim earned his pilot license, and after | |||||
deciding to pursue a career in law rather than medicine during | |||||
his senior year, he flew to The University of Texas to enroll | |||||
in law school; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Jim was admitted to the Texas Bar in 1967 and | |||||
moved to the Texas Panhandle, where he served the City of | |||||
Amarillo as assistant city attorney and as city judge; Jim also | |||||
served as the assistant district attorney of Randall County | |||||
before later relocating to Houston; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Throughout his time in public service, Jim sought | |||||
to create more efficient and effective processes in local | |||||
government to better serve citizens, and he and three other city | |||||
attorneys formed a private law firm dedicated to performing | |||||
essential services to aid local governments, beginning with the | |||||
collection of delinquent property taxes; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Highly respected by his colleagues, community | |||||
members, and clients, Jim was profoundly knowledgeable in many | |||||
legal fields and used his expertise to improve the lives of | |||||
others; he was instrumental in updating the Texas Property Tax | |||||
Code by drafting legislation that penalized delinquent taxpayers | |||||
rather than burdening taxing entities and other taxpaying | |||||
citizens; and | |||||
WHEREAS, In 1980, Jim transferred his legal practice to | |||||
Houston to be of service to more people; over ensuing decades, he | |||||
and his partners altered the firm, which now is known as | |||||
Linebarger, Goggan, Blair, and Sampson; he retired in 2006 and | |||||
became a senior advisor to the firm; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Jim was a man of deep faith who gave unselfishly | |||||
to others throughout his life; guided by a spirit of generosity, | |||||
he hosted more than 300 fundraisers over 10 years and contributed | |||||
to numerous philanthropic organizations, including disaster | |||||
relief efforts, and foundations to support education, cancer | |||||
patients, community clinics, and a food bank; and | |||||
WHEREAS, Named the hometown hero of The Woodlands in 2011, | |||||
he was widely known and admired throughout the community, where | |||||
he shared 35 rewarding years of marriage with Nelda Luce Blair; | |||||
he was a devoted father to his daughter, Maris Ann Blair, and a | |||||
loving father-in-law to her husband, David Hall, and, his | |||||
kindness and wisdom were a source of light in the lives of those | |||||
around him; he leaves behind an inspiring legacy of generosity | |||||
and service, and his memory will be forever cherished by his many | |||||
loved ones and by all who were privileged to share in his life; | |||||
now, therefore, be it | |||||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | |||||
Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved | |||||
family of Jimmy Don Blair; 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 Jim Blair. | |||||
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President of the Senate | |||||
I hereby certify that the | |||||
above Resolution was adopted by | |||||
the Senate on March 29, 2023, by a | |||||
rising vote. | |||||
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Secretary of the Senate | |||||
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Member, Texas Senate |