Bill Text: TX HR120 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Wallace Daryl Williams.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-27 - Reported enrolled [HR120 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR120-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 120 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and | ||
| meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends | ||
| of Wallace Daryl Williams, who passed away on May 30, 2013, at the | ||
| age of 62; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in Fort Worth on December 24, 1950, to Roy and | ||
| Myrtle Manley Williams, Mr. Williams graduated from R. L. Paschal | ||
| High School in 1971 and earned a bachelor's degree in political | ||
| science and sociology from Texas A&M University--Commerce; | ||
| following graduation, he enlisted in the U.S. Army and served until | ||
| he was honorably discharged in 1979; he subsequently joined the | ||
| U.S. Air Force Reserve and served until 1983; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A certified teacher, Mr. Williams was employed by | ||
| the Fort Worth Independent School District from 1979 until his | ||
| death; he also worked as a legislative aide to former State | ||
| Representative Garfield Thompson; active in politics at the local | ||
| and state levels, he served as president of the Fort Worth Chapter | ||
| of the Texas Coalition of Black Democrats, as a Tarrant County | ||
| Steering Committee member for Barack Obama's presidential | ||
| campaign, as a precinct chair and as financial secretary to the | ||
| Tarrant County Precinct Workers Council, and as a delegate to the | ||
| Texas State Democratic Party Convention; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Williams was a charter member of his | ||
| undergraduate chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi fraternity; he was also a | ||
| life member of the fraternity, a member of multiple alumni | ||
| chapters, and a representative to the Tarrant County Pan-Hellenic | ||
| Council; he belonged to New Fellowship Baptist Church and sang in | ||
| its male chorus; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While his death brings immeasurable sorrow to his | ||
| loved ones, Wallace Williams leaves behind a legacy that will long | ||
| be treasured by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
| Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
| of Wallace Daryl Williams and extend sincere sympathy to the | ||
| members of his family: to his mother, Myrtle Manley; to his aunts, | ||
| Mildred Rolla, Nadine Hobbs and her husband, Lacy, Bobbie Johnson, | ||
| and Dorothy Taylor and her husband, Elbert; to his uncle, Milton | ||
| Amie; to his special friend and fraternity brother, T. A. Sims; to | ||
| his godsister, Jackie Spinks; and to his other relatives, Kappa | ||
| Alpha Psi brothers, and many 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 Wallace | ||
| Daryl Williams. | ||
| Collier | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 120 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on June 25, 2013. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
