Bill Text: TX SR397 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Wilbur Ethridge Adams on the occasion of his 91st birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-14 - Reported enrolled [SR397 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-SR397-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, The 91st birthday of an esteemed Texan is truly | ||
cause for celebration, and Wilbur Ethridge Adams is reaching that | ||
impressive milestone on April 5, 2019; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Harleton in 1928, "Bill" Adams is the | ||
youngest son of Joseph and Susan Adams, and he grew up with six | ||
siblings, Susie, John, Joseph, Edgar, Annie, and Frances, on | ||
their father's farm in Harrison County; answering his nation's | ||
call to duty during World War II, he tried to register for the | ||
draft in 1943, but at the age of 15, he was too young; he later | ||
joined the army in 1945 and served in the Philippines with the | ||
United States Army Corps of Engineers; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Adams settled in Dallas following his | ||
military service and worked as a cable car driver and a delivery | ||
driver for Mrs. Baird's bread; he married Bobbie Jean Dupree, and | ||
the couple became the proud parents of two children, Vivian and | ||
David; in the mid-1960s, the family moved to Mineola, where | ||
Mr. Adams embarked on a long and successful career with the Texas | ||
Highway Department, ultimately retiring in the early 1990s; and | ||
WHEREAS, After his first wife passed away in 2003, | ||
Mr. Adams relocated to Tyler; fortunate to find love again, he | ||
married Deborah Richardson Horton in 2006; today, he enjoys | ||
playing poker with his friends and visiting the riverboat casinos | ||
in Bossier City, Louisiana, and in 2018, he had the pleasure of | ||
traveling with his wife and two of his grandchildren to London | ||
and Paris; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bill Adams has witnessed a panorama of change over | ||
the course of more than nine decades, and he has met life's | ||
challenges and opportunities with resilience and optimism, | ||
earning the deep admiration of all who are privileged to know | ||
him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th | ||
Legislature, hereby congratulate Wilbur Ethridge Adams on his | ||
91st birthday and extend to him sincere best wishes for continued | ||
happiness; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Mr. Adams as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas Senate. | ||
Hughes | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on March 14, 2019. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |