Bill Text: TX SR85 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Jerry Eugene Hames.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-18 - Reported enrolled [SR85 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR85-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Jerry Eugene Hames | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas joins the | ||
citizens of Fort Worth in mourning the loss of Jerry Eugene | ||
Hames, who died May 24, 2013, at the age of 74; and | ||
WHEREAS, Jerry Hames was born in Norman, Oklahoma; he | ||
graduated from Norman High School, where he was president of the | ||
Future Farmers of America and where he met his wife of 56 years, | ||
Peggy Watt; and | ||
WHEREAS, He earned a bachelor of science degree from | ||
Oklahoma University and a master of science degree from the | ||
University of Southern California; after college, he joined the | ||
United States Army as an ordnance officer; and | ||
WHEREAS, Jerry became an aeronautical engineer and forged | ||
a successful career with Lockheed Martin; he worked in Texas and | ||
California and retired in 2006; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was an exemplary gentleman who was devoted to | ||
his family; he and his wife raised three children, and they were | ||
blessed with eight grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was a generous, kindhearted person who was | ||
respected in the community for his accomplishments; he gave | ||
unselfishly to others, and he was beloved by many, and he will | ||
long be remembered with affection and appreciation by all who | ||
were privileged to share in his life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, | ||
83rd Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Jerry Eugene Hames; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the | ||
Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do | ||
so in memory of Jerry Hames. | ||
Davis | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 18, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |