Bill Text: TX HR2169 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled

Texas House Resolution 2169

Bill Title: In memory of Ray Cox.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2023-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2169 Detail]

Download: Texas-2023-HR2169-Enrolled.html



	H.R. No. 2169



	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived may help to comfort the
	family and friends of Ray Cox, who passed away on October 18, 2021;
	and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Cox was a proud alumnus of Houston Baptist
	University, where he graduated with degrees in accounting and
	management in 1981; he went on to earn his doctor of jurisprudence
	degree from South Texas College of Law Houston in 1988, and he was
	admitted to the State Bar of Texas the following year; and
	WHEREAS, In 1994, Mr. Cox established the Cox Law Firm, and
	he also taught business law in the HBU master's degree program;
	actively involved with his alma mater, he served for a total of 20
	years on the Houston Baptist University Board of Trustees,
	including two terms as its chair, and he was a member of the HBU
	Alumni Association Advisory Board as well; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Cox balanced his career with a rewarding home
	life as a servant of Christ with his wife, Dr. Barbara Taylor Cox,
	with whom he shared four decades of marriage, and he was a devoted
	father to their two sons, Tyler and Colton; and
	WHEREAS, Although Ray Cox will be deeply missed, those who
	were privileged to share in his love and friendship will forever
	remember him with admiration and affection; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Ray Cox and extend
	sincere sympathy to all those 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 Ray Cox.

	Leach

	______________________________
	Speaker of the House

	I certify that H.R. No. 2169 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on May 29, 2023.

	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House