Bill Text: TX HR103 | 2021-2022 | 87th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Roy Joe Grogan of Weatherford.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-03-18 - Reported enrolled [HR103 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR103-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 103 |
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the | ||
death of Roy Joe Grogan of Weatherford on March 30, 2020, at the age | ||
of 93; and | ||
WHEREAS, Roy Joe Grogan was born in Weatherford to Blanche | ||
and Clarence Grogan on October 4, 1926, and he grew up with a | ||
brother, Douglas; after graduating from Weatherford High School in | ||
1943, he attended Weatherford College and North Texas Agricultural | ||
College, interrupting his education to serve with the U.S. Navy in | ||
Hawaii; returning to civilian life, he completed his studies at | ||
Weatherford College and earned his law degree at Duke University in | ||
1950; and | ||
WHEREAS, Subsequently recruited by the FBI, Mr. Grogan was | ||
personally commissioned as a special agent by J. Edgar Hoover and | ||
worked for the bureau in Los Angeles, San Francisco, and Oakland, | ||
California, for several years before returning to Weatherford; he | ||
enjoyed a long and diverse career in his hometown as a lawyer, a | ||
real estate developer, and the owner and operator of several | ||
manufacturing companies, including Antelope Oil Tool; he also | ||
served for a time as the district attorney of Parker County; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of strong religious faith, Mr. Grogan was a | ||
lay leader in the Methodist Church for more than four decades, | ||
holding many local and national leadership positions; he was also a | ||
33rd Degree Mason, and he served as president of the United Way and | ||
the Lions Club and as chair of the March of Dimes, the Parker and | ||
Palo Pinto District of the Boy Scouts of America, and the Parker | ||
County Crime Commission; as head of Civic Development, Inc., he | ||
oversaw the establishment of the Doss Heritage and Cultural Center; | ||
he was named Weatherford's Citizen of the Year in 1992, and he | ||
received the Paragon Medallion from Weatherford College in 1995 and | ||
the Carlos Hartnett Award in 2000; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Grogan married Jeanne Meredith in 1951, and the | ||
couple were devoted to one another for 69 years, until his passing; | ||
he was the proud father of three children, Georganne, Jeaneane, and | ||
Jay, and he was delighted to welcome into his family eight | ||
grandchildren, Tyler, Garrett, Meredith, Blas, Bryan, Reed, Trent, | ||
and William, and seven great-grandchildren, Wyatt, Brock, Truly, | ||
Tipper, Boone, Blas, and Riley; an energetic man with a restless | ||
spirit, he loved taking his children on vacations to Europe in the | ||
1960s and 1970s, and he treated each of his grandchildren to a trip | ||
anywhere in the world on their 12th birthday; after retirement, he | ||
and his wife traveled the globe for months at a time, visiting Asia, | ||
Africa, South America, and China; and | ||
WHEREAS, A loving family man and a proud son of Weatherford, | ||
Roy Joe Grogan possessed a generosity of spirit that expressed | ||
itself in myriad ways, and he enriched the lives of countless people | ||
with his warmth and kindness; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Roy Joe Grogan and | ||
extend heartfelt sympathy to his 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 House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Roy Joe | ||
Grogan. | ||
King of Parker | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 103 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 10, 2021. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||