Bill Text: TX SR362 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
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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-Introduced.html
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-Introduced.html
2023S0319-1 03/21/23 | ||
By: Creighton, et al. | S.R. No. 362 |
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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. |