Bill Text: TX SR72 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled


Bill Title: In memory of Billy Graham.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2019-01-28 - Reported enrolled [SR72 Detail]

Download: Texas-2019-SR72-Enrolled.html
 
 
 
 
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 72
 
 
  In Memory
  of
  William Franklin Graham Jr.
 
         WHEREAS, The passing of acclaimed evangelist Billy Graham
  on February 21, 2018, at the age of 99, deeply saddened the
  millions of people who looked to him for wisdom, hope, and
  comfort; and
         WHEREAS, Born on November 7, 1918, William Franklin Graham
  Jr. grew up on a dairy farm in Charlotte, North Carolina; at the
  age of 15, he recognized his calling, and he enrolled in the
  Florida Bible Institute and then Wheaton College, where he met
  his future wife, Ruth McCue Bell; after graduating in 1943, the
  couple married and settled in the mountains of North Carolina;
  they raised five children, Gigi, Anne, Ruth, Franklin, and Ned,
  and through the years, Mr. Graham knew the joy of welcoming into
  his family 19 grandchildren and numerous great-grandchildren; he
  and his wife shared a fulfilling relationship that spanned 64
  years before her death in 2007; and
         WHEREAS, Mr. Graham traveled as a speaker for Youth for
  Christ before holding his first official evangelistic event in
  1947; two years later, his planned three-week series of tent
  meetings in Los Angeles drew such huge crowds that it was
  extended to eight weeks, and he launched the Billy Graham
  Evangelistic Association; his crusades became an international
  phenomenon as he preached to millions in countries as diverse as
  Ethiopia, New Zealand, Russia, and South Korea; in 1977, his trip
  to communist-led Hungary paved the way for missions in virtually
  every country of the Eastern Bloc, as well as China and North
  Korea; and
         WHEREAS, The author of 34 books, Mr. Graham penned a
  memoir, Just As I Am, which held a spot on the New York Times
  bestseller list for 18 weeks; he counseled a host of secular
  leaders, including every United States president from Harry S
  Truman to Barack Obama; and
         WHEREAS, Billy Graham provided spiritual guidance to
  innumerable people around the world over the course of a lifetime
  devoted to the ministry, and his legacy will remain a source of
  inspiration for years to come; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 86th
  Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Billy Graham and
  extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his passing.
 
  Hughes
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        President of the Senate
     
        I hereby certify that the
    above Resolution was adopted by
    the Senate on January 28, 2019, by
    a rising vote.
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
        Secretary of the Senate
   
   
   
    ________________________________ 
         Member, Texas Senate
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