Bill Text: TX HR1696 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Lieutenant Colonel Melvin Lewis Myers Sr. of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-28 - Reported enrolled [HR1696 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1696-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 1696 | ||
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| WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Lieutenant Colonel | ||
| Melvin Lewis Myers Sr. of Houston were deeply saddened by his death | ||
| on April 27, 2019, at the age of 82; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Melvin Myers was born on October 3, 1936, to | ||
| Hannibal and Mary Myers, and he grew up with three siblings, | ||
| Hannibal, Marjorie, and Forrest; after graduating from Wharton | ||
| Training High School he went on to attend Prairie View A&M | ||
| University, which he continued to support throughout his life as a | ||
| member of the school's alumni association; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In the course of his two decades in the U.S. Army, | ||
| Lieutenant Colonel Myers served in Vietnam and received the Bronze | ||
| Star Medal; following his retirement from the military, he began a | ||
| second career teaching in the Freehold Regional High School | ||
| District in New Jersey; he later went on to become the senior army | ||
| instructor of the Reserve Officer Training Corps at Sam Houston | ||
| High School and the Barbara Jordan High School for Careers in | ||
| Houston; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Myers valued his loved ones above all else; he | ||
| was a devoted father to his children, Kerry and Melvin, and he took | ||
| great pride in his two grandchildren, Christian and Kyle; and | ||
| WHEREAS, While the death of Melvin Meyers brings great | ||
| sadness to his family and friends, he 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 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Lieutenant Colonel | ||
| Melvin Lewis Myers Sr. and extend sincere condolences to all who | ||
| mourn his passing; 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 Melvin | ||
| Myers. | ||
| Johnson of Harris | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 1696 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on May 24, 2019. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
