Bill Text: TX SR58 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Introduced
Bill Title: In memory of Carl Roderick "Roddy" Osborne.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-01-24 - Reported enrolled [SR58 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR58-Introduced.html
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| By: Springer | S.R. No. 58 | |
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| WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and | ||
| meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends | ||
| of Carl Roderick Osborne, who passed away on October 10, 2022, at | ||
| the age of 86; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of Tim and Christine Osborne, Roddy Osborne | ||
| was born in Terrell on December 6, 1935, and grew up in Gainesville; | ||
| he attended Texas A&M University on a football scholarship, leading | ||
| the Aggies to the 1956 Southwest Conference championship and | ||
| earning All-SWC honors that season; in 1958, he was selected by the | ||
| Cleveland Browns in the National Football League Draft, and he was | ||
| later inducted into the Texas A&M Athletic Hall of Fame; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Osborne served for several years in the U.S. Air | ||
| Force, rising to the rank of captain before his honorable | ||
| discharge; he subsequently coached football at Abilene Christian | ||
| University and Harding University in Arkansas, where he received a | ||
| master's degree in psychology; he also studied child psychology as | ||
| a Ph.D. student at Florida State University; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Returning to Gainesville in the 1970s, Mr. Osborne | ||
| joined his father in the family's residential and commercial real | ||
| estate business; in 1980, he traveled with Federal Housing | ||
| Administration representatives to the Middle East to meet with | ||
| Egyptian president Anwar Sadat and other government officials about | ||
| the development of low-cost housing; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Osborne enjoyed the love | ||
| and support of his wife of 25 years, the former Janis Land; he took | ||
| great pride in his 3 children, Kerry, Kevin, and Kathy, and his 11 | ||
| grandchildren and 6 great-grandchildren; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A humble man of faith, Roddy Osborne will be deeply | ||
| missed, and those who held him dear will forever remember the warmth | ||
| and kindness he brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 88th Texas Legislature | ||
| hereby pay tribute to the memory of Carl Roderick Osborne and extend | ||
| heartfelt sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Janis | ||
| Osborne; to his children, Kerry Osborne and his wife, Veronica, | ||
| Kevin Osborne and his wife, Stacy, and Kathy Hiser and her husband, | ||
| Tim; to his sister, Karen Otts; to the mother of his children, Mary | ||
| Lou Leftwich; to his grandchildren, Jordan, Jacob, Lindsey, Noah, | ||
| Chandler, Logan, Madison, Will, Jesse, Cole, and Clay; to his | ||
| great-grandchildren, Griffin, Olivia, Liam, Brayden, Grace, and | ||
| Emma; and to his many 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 Roddy Osborne. | ||
