Bill Text: TX HR1174 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Honoring the Reverend Darrell Dever on his installation as pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church in Huntsville.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-04-15 - Reported enrolled [HR1174 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1174-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1174 |
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WHEREAS, Members of First Missionary Baptist Church in | ||
Huntsville are gathering on April 10, 2011, to celebrate the | ||
installation of their new pastor, the Reverend Darrell Dever; and | ||
WHEREAS, First Missionary Baptist Church was founded in 1869 | ||
by the Reverend J. J. Rhinehart; through the years, the | ||
congregation has benefited from the able leadership of many | ||
dedicated pastors, and today that tradition of service continues | ||
under the direction of Reverend Dever; and | ||
WHEREAS, A Houston native, Darrell Dever grew up in the Fifth | ||
Ward community and graduated from Phillis Wheatley High School; he | ||
has previously served as a Sunday school teacher and ordained | ||
deacon at St. Emmanuel Baptist Church and as youth minister, | ||
co-president of the church anniversary event, brotherhood and | ||
Sunday school teacher, and assistant superintendent of Lighthouse | ||
Missionary Baptist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Reverend Dever enjoys the love | ||
and support of his wife, Kendall; the couple are the proud parents | ||
of four children, and they also have three treasured grandchildren; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, The appointment of Pastor Dever marks the beginning | ||
of an exciting new chapter in the life of this notable house of | ||
worship, and members of the congregation may indeed look forward to | ||
deepening their faith and continuing their good works under his | ||
spiritual guidance; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the Reverend Darrell Dever on his | ||
selection as pastor of First Missionary Baptist Church and extend | ||
to him sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for Reverend Dever as an expression of high regard by the | ||
Texas House of Representatives. | ||
Kolkhorst | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1174 was adopted by the House on April | ||
7, 2011, by a non-record vote. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||