Bill Text: TX HR431 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Harrison M. "Harry" Sewell of Mesquite.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-03-16 - Reported enrolled [HR431 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR431-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 431 |
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WHEREAS, The passing of Harrison M. Sewell of Mesquite on | ||
December 21, 2010, at the age of 85, brought to a close an exemplary | ||
life lived in service to others; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harry Sewell was born to Lee and Mary Jo Sewell on | ||
May 4, 1925, in Nocona; he joined the U.S. Coast Guard following | ||
high school, and during World War II he served on the destroyer | ||
escort USS Howard D. Crow, which helped to sink a German submarine | ||
off the New Jersey coast on February 11, 1945; after four years in | ||
the coast guard, he was discharged with the rank of fire control | ||
technician second class; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Sewell and his beloved wife, the former Jimmie | ||
Laverne Smith, became the parents of four children, Sheree, Harry, | ||
Suzanne, and Kevin, and shared 61 rewarding years of marriage until | ||
her passing in 2007; he had the pleasure of seeing his family grow | ||
to include 5 grandchildren and 12 great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan attended Southwestern | ||
Assemblies of God University in Waxahachie and spent more than two | ||
decades evangelizing at churches and revivals throughout the | ||
nation; in 1966, Harry Sewell answered the call to start a church in | ||
North Texas, and, with his family and a few other worshipers, he | ||
organized Family Cathedral of Praise in Pleasant Grove; located in | ||
Mesquite since 1994, the church today is home to a diverse | ||
congregation of about 2,000 individuals who support a charter | ||
school and numerous ministries, including those for motorcyclists, | ||
for the deaf, for Spanish speakers, and for the imprisoned; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Sewell, who eventually became pastor emeritus, | ||
began churches in Africa and South America, and in 2006 the Harry M. | ||
Sewell School of English was established by his admirers in | ||
Valledupar, Colombia; a recent expansion is making English classes | ||
available to students at five more schools in that nation; and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to his faith and his family, Harry Sewell | ||
had an immeasurable impact on the lives of countless people, and he | ||
will be remembered with deep affection and admiration by all who | ||
knew him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Harrison M. Sewell | ||
and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his | ||
children, Sheree Sewell Stacy, Harry Lee Sewell and his wife, | ||
Debbie, and Suzanne Sewell Mayo and her husband, J. D.; to his | ||
siblings, Dorothy Newman, Virginia "Ginger" Mitten, Donald Sewell, | ||
and Sara Wisener; to his grandchildren and great-grandchildren; and | ||
to his many 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 Harry | ||
Sewell. | ||
Flynn | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 431 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on March 3, 2011. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||