Bill Text: TX SR58 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
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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-Enrolled.html
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-Enrolled.html
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| In Memory | ||
| of | ||
| Roddy Osborne | ||
| 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 State of Texas, 88th | ||
| 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. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on January 24, 2023, by | ||
| a rising vote. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
