Bill Text: TX HR1312 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Baytown community leader Doug Huddle, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-05 - Reported enrolled [HR1312 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1312-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1312 |
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WHEREAS, Those Texans who give freely of their time and | ||
talents to benefit the larger community make the world a better | ||
place through their actions, and Doug Huddle, Jr., who passed away | ||
on February 17, 2011, was indeed one such person; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Ben Wheeler on March 3, 1925, Mr. Huddle | ||
served his country as a member of the U.S. Navy during World War II | ||
and went on to have a distinguished 43-year career in the oil | ||
industry; he was named Baytown Refiner of the Year by ExxonMobil in | ||
2007, and he retired from the company as chief operator; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Huddle was an active and valued resident of | ||
Baytown; he shared his time with such groups as Meals on Wheels, the | ||
American Cancer Society, and the local YMCA and Kiwanis Club, where | ||
he was known as the "Apple King" for his unparalleled sales figures | ||
at the annual fund-raiser; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lee College also greatly benefited from his support; | ||
a lifetime member of the alumni organization and a longtime member | ||
of the Friends of Lee College, he gave generously to a number of | ||
initiatives, including the renovation of the Huddle Music Hall, the | ||
construction of the Performing Arts Center, and the Million Dollar | ||
Scholarship Campaign; and | ||
WHEREAS, By his side in myriad worthy projects was his wife, | ||
Martha Jane Huddle, with whom he shared many years before her | ||
passing; the couple raised two children, Cindy and Doug, and a | ||
courtyard at Lee College was established and named in honor of Mrs. | ||
Huddle, as was the choral hall at the school's Performing Arts | ||
Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, A devoted family man and an active civic leader, | ||
Doug Huddle will be deeply missed, but the contributions that he | ||
made to his community and the enthusiasm and good humor that he | ||
brought to all his endeavors will forever inspire those who were | ||
privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby honor the memory of Doug Huddle, Jr., and extend | ||
deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his children, | ||
Cindy McGlothlin and her husband, Pat, and Doug Huddle and his wife, | ||
Dian; to his grandchildren, Shawn and Tami McGlothlin, Patrick and | ||
Cheryl Wimberly, Keith and Jessica Huddle, Shannon Hall, Benjamin | ||
Jackson, and Dr. Timothy J. Jackson; to his great-grandchildren, | ||
Kayli, Brianna, and Aidan McGlothlin, Saige, Meadow, and Reed | ||
Wimberly, and Kayla and Keiton Huddle; and to his other 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 Doug | ||
Huddle, Jr. | ||
Smith of Harris | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1312 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 28, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||