Bill Text: TX SR622 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing Big Sandy Sand Company on the occasion of its 75th anniversary.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-05-21 - Reported enrolled [SR622 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR622-Enrolled.html
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WHEREAS, Big Sandy Sand Company is marking its 75th | ||
anniversary in 2023, and this milestone provides a fitting | ||
opportunity to recognize the history of this venerable | ||
enterprise; and | ||
WHEREAS, Big Sandy Sand Company was founded by G. C. "Doc" | ||
Wright and his son, J. T. Wright, on the banks of Big Sandy Creek | ||
in Upshur County in 1948; the business originally operated out of | ||
a rustic processing plant that consisted of a barge, a screening | ||
box, and several shovels; in 1971, the company moved to a modern | ||
plant on a 100-acre tract of land north of the town of Big Sandy, | ||
and five years later it established a new plant near Hawkins in | ||
Wood County, which was managed by J. T. Wright's son, Dennis | ||
Wright; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1981, the Wright family sold the plant near Big | ||
Sandy and dissolved the original business entity; Dennis Wright | ||
subsequently established a new corporation that acquired the | ||
Hawkins plant and the rights to the name Big Sandy Sand; | ||
following Dennis Wright's passing in 2018, his children John T. | ||
Wright, Lee Ann Bailey, Joshua Wright, and Lauren Zahn assumed | ||
ownership of the business; and | ||
WHEREAS, The fourth generation of the Wright family to lead | ||
Big Sandy Sand, they have worked to expand the company's reach | ||
while remaining committed to giving back to the community; the | ||
business today produces sands and related products that are used | ||
in foundry, masonry, construction, and turfgrass applications | ||
throughout Texas, Louisiana, Oklahoma, and Arkansas; and | ||
WHEREAS, For three-quarters of a century, Big Sandy Sand | ||
Company has made significant contributions to the local economy, | ||
and it stands as an inspiring example of the success that can be | ||
realized by hardworking entrepreneurs in the Lone Star State; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
Legislature, hereby commemorate the 75th anniversary of Big | ||
Sandy Sand Company and extend to the Wright family and their | ||
employees sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
prepared for Big Sandy Sand Company as an expression of high | ||
regard from 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 May 21, 2023. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |