Bill Text: TX SR372 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of the life of S. A. Pleasants.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2017-03-06 - Reported enrolled [SR372 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR372-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Reverend S. A. Pleasants | ||
| WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
| commemorates the life of the late Reverend S. A. Pleasants, who | ||
| died April 5, 1953; and | ||
| WHEREAS, S. A. Pleasants was born in 1879 in Cuero, where | ||
| he attended high school, and he was later a student at Guadalupe | ||
| College; he married Pansy O. Le Grendne in 1913, and they were | ||
| blessed with a daughter and two grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The Reverend Pleasants served as pastor of Sweet | ||
| Home Baptist Church in Seguin, Mount Zion Baptist Church in | ||
| Edgar, and Macedonia Baptist Church in Cuero before assuming the | ||
| pulpit of Saint John Baptist Church in Houston in 1925; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Under his leadership, Saint John Baptist Church | ||
| increased its membership from 280 to more than 8,000, retired its | ||
| outstanding debt, and constructed a magnificent new sanctuary | ||
| and parsonage; he was influential in such organizations as the | ||
| National Baptist Convention and the Houston Baptist Ministerial | ||
| Alliance and was a pioneer in religious radio broadcasting; and | ||
| WHEREAS, He was a devoted husband, father, and grandfather | ||
| who gave unselfishly to others, and he was one of the country's | ||
| leading religious figures; his commitment to living each day | ||
| according to the tenets of his faith was an inspiration to all who | ||
| were privileged to know him and to those who were fortunate to | ||
| share in his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
| Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the life and legacy of the | ||
| Reverend S. A. Pleasants; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared in his | ||
| honor and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
| memory of the Reverend S. A. Pleasants. | ||
| Kolkhorst | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on March 6, 2017, by a | ||
| rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
