Bill Text: TX SR44 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 4th Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Robert Lee Moody Sr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-30 - Reported enrolled [SR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR44-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Robert Lee Moody Sr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-30 - Reported enrolled [SR44 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR44-Introduced.html
88S40334 BPG-D | ||
By: Middleton | S.R. No. 44 |
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WHEREAS, The city of Galveston lost a titan of business and | ||
philanthropy with the death of Robert Lee Moody Sr. on November 7, | ||
2023, at the age of 88; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born on Galveston Island on July 28, 1935, Bobby | ||
Moody was the son of Shearn Moody Sr. and Frances Moody Newman; his | ||
father died the following year, and he and his brother, Shearn, were | ||
educated at boarding school; Bobby Moody graduated as the top cadet | ||
at Valley Forge Military Academy and served his country in the | ||
U.S. Army; mentored by his grandfather, W. L. Moody, the founder of | ||
American National Insurance Company, he possessed similar business | ||
acumen and established National Western Life Insurance Company in | ||
1956; he eventually rose to become chair and president/CEO of ANICO | ||
and built it into one of the country's premier insurance firms; in | ||
addition, he created an affiliated company that developed the South | ||
Shore Harbour subdivision, hotel, and conference center in League | ||
City; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Moody also held other key roles in the family | ||
business empire, including chair of Moody National Bank; while | ||
earning esteem as one of the city's most prominent citizens, he was | ||
known for treating everyone around him with respect and empathy; he | ||
encouraged the professional development of his employees, and many | ||
stayed on for decades; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his hometown, Mr. Moody guided the | ||
charitable Moody Foundation and found numerous ways to make a | ||
positive impact; he established the Moody Neurorehabilitation | ||
Institute to help brain trauma patients, and in 1992, he | ||
spearheaded construction of Moody Gardens; one of the Southwest's | ||
premier educational and leisure facilities, Moody Gardens draws | ||
some two million visitors annually, spurring the local economy | ||
while providing horticultural therapy, education, and employment | ||
for individuals with disabilities; he further benefited the | ||
disability community by creating the Moody Endowment; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Moody maintained a healthy balance between his | ||
myriad ventures and his home life; he and his wife of 53 years, Ann | ||
McLeod Moody, raised a blended family of eight children, and they | ||
broadened their horizons with extensive travel; on Saturday | ||
mornings, he was coach, pitcher, and umpire for baseball games with | ||
all the neighborhood children; he was preceded in death by an infant | ||
son and by his wife; and | ||
WHEREAS, An ardent champion of Galveston, Bobby Moody worked | ||
tirelessly to provide opportunities for its citizens, through both | ||
his professional and philanthropic endeavors, and his | ||
contributions will continue to resonate in the years to come; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature, 4th | ||
Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Robert Lee | ||
Moody Sr. and extend sincere condolences to the members of his | ||
family: to his children, Robert L. Moody Jr. and his wife, Ingrid, | ||
Russell S. Moody, Ross R. Moody, Frances Anne "Francie" | ||
Moody-Dahlberg and her husband, Kevin, Edwin Vince "Vic" Matthews | ||
and his wife, Cindi, Lea McLeod Matthews and her wife, Jennifer, | ||
Allan Watkins Matthews and his wife, Lori, and Dorothea "Dotsy" | ||
Matthews Balentine and her husband, David; to his grandchildren, | ||
Elizabeth Lee "Elle" Moody and her husband, James Gray, Frances | ||
Moody Buzbee and her husband, Tony, Robert L. Moody III, Jackson | ||
Davis "Jack" Moody, Maggie Grace Moody, Russell Shearn "Rusty" | ||
Moody II, William Charles McLeod "Will" Matthews and his wife, | ||
Emma, Katherine Leanne "Kit" Matthews, Tiffany Nicole Bastow, | ||
Kimberly McLeod Almon and her husband, Jackson, Marissa Ann | ||
Matthews, Lauren Anne Balentine, Alexis Gabrielle Moody-Dahlberg, | ||
and Ashton Lee Moody-Dahlberg; to his great-grandchildren, Ella Ann | ||
Grant, Jackson "Pierce" Almon II, Brooks Woodson Almon, and Ann | ||
McLeod "Annie" Almon; and to his other relatives and friends; 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 Robert Lee Moody Sr. |