Bill Text: TX SR81 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of S. M. True, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-01-30 - Printed in full [SR81 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR81-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
S. M. True, Jr. | ||
WHEREAS, S. M. True, Jr., former president of the Texas | ||
Farm Bureau, passed away on May 15, 2012, at the age of 88; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Snoden Maddox and Nettie Belle Stalcup | ||
True, S. M. True was born in Goree on July 8, 1923, and raised on a | ||
farm; in 1933, his family relocated to the Snyder community near | ||
Plainview, and he graduated from Plainview High School before | ||
enrolling and attending classes at Texas Tech University; when | ||
World War II intervened, he enlisted in the United States Navy | ||
and served as a carrier-based night fighter pilot; and | ||
WHEREAS, Following the war, Mr. True returned to Hale | ||
County and began his career as a farmer; active in the Hale County | ||
Farm Bureau for a number of years, he went on to serve on the | ||
board of directors of the Texas Farm Bureau; he was elected | ||
president of the Texas Farm Bureau in 1982, and in his 11 years in | ||
that post, he made an indelible mark on both the organization and | ||
on the greater agricultural community; he oversaw the creation of | ||
the TFB AGFUND, which has since become a nationally recognized | ||
agriculture political action committee; along the way, he earned | ||
a reputation as a passionate advocate for Texas farmers and an | ||
effective consensus builder; and | ||
WHEREAS, | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. True shared more than six rewarding decades | ||
with his wife, the former Anna Jean Roberts, whom he married in | ||
1946; the couple were blessed with a son, David; over the years, | ||
Mrs. Roberts frequently accompanied her husband to many Texas | ||
Farm Bureau events across the state and beyond; and | ||
WHEREAS, During his lifetime, S. M. True contributed | ||
immeasurably to Texas agriculture, helping to preserve the | ||
livelihood of countless farmers across the state, and his legacy | ||
will be a continuing source of inspiration for all who knew him; | ||
now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of S. M. True, Jr., | ||
Blaine True and Larissa True; to his brother, Riley True, and his | ||
wife, Margaret; to his sister, Ona Belle Stephens, and her | ||
husband, Bill; to his nephew, Mark True, and his wife, Mary; to | ||
Eric Plumlee; to Ahmet and Gonul Yilmaz; 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 S. M. True, Jr. | ||
Duncan | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on January 30, 2013, by | ||
a rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |