Bill Text: TX SR905 | 2017-2018 | 85th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of the life of David Irvine Rucker.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-05-26 - Reported enrolled [SR905 Detail]
Download: Texas-2017-SR905-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
David Irvine Rucker | ||
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever feel the loss of | ||
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Irvine Rucker, | ||
who died in the line of duty on September 29, 1981, at the age of | ||
37; and | ||
WHEREAS, Trooper Rucker was shot and killed during the | ||
course of a traffic stop; he left behind a wife and three | ||
children; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Brownsville on October 21, 1943, David | ||
Rucker was the son of Bracht and Hazel Dawn Rucker; he grew up in | ||
Homestead, Florida, where he graduated from South Dade High | ||
School in 1963; he studied liberal arts at Texas Southmost | ||
College in Brownsville and went on to graduate from the Dade | ||
County Police Academy; from 1966 to 1968, he served as a patrol | ||
officer in the Homestead Police Department; and | ||
WHEREAS, On September 15, 1969, Mr. Rucker took the oath of | ||
the Texas State Highway Patrol; he was appointed patrolman in | ||
1973, and that same year, he was promoted to patrolman II; at the | ||
time of his death, he was assigned to Region 3 in Port Isabel; and | ||
WHEREAS, In 1997, a memorial was placed at the site of | ||
Trooper Rucker's death, and a street was renamed in his honor in | ||
Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island; the Carrizales-Rucker | ||
Detention Center near Olmito bears his name, and in 2012, the | ||
Texas Department of Public Safety named a river patrol boat in | ||
Trooper Rucker's memory; and | ||
WHEREAS, Though David Rucker was taken far too soon, his | ||
legacy of public service and devotion to his family will continue | ||
to inspire all those who hold him close in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th | ||
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of David Irvine | ||
Rucker and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many | ||
friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do | ||
so in memory of David Irvine Rucker. | ||
Lucio | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on May 26, 2017, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |