Bill Text: TX SR12 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Recognizing the induction of the Gray Wynn Klein Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-12 - Reported enrolled [SR12 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-SR12-Enrolled.html
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| WHEREAS, The prosperity of the Lone Star State has been | ||
| greatly influenced by family farming and ranching, and Jana Beth | ||
| Johnson and Mary Sue Klein of Clay County have been officially | ||
| recognized as heirs to this proud tradition with the acceptance | ||
| of the Gray Wynn Klein Ranch into the state's Family Land | ||
| Heritage Program in 2023; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture, | ||
| this program honors farms and ranches that have been in | ||
| continuous agricultural operation by the same family for a | ||
| century or more; established in 1873, the Gray Wynn Klein Ranch | ||
| is currently owned and operated by Ms. Johnson and Ms. Klein, the | ||
| great-great-grandchildren of the ranch's founders, Christian and | ||
| Lucy Sanzenbacher; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Christian and Lucy Sanzenbacher joined Johann | ||
| "Uncle John" Sanzenbacher in southern Clay County in 1873 and | ||
| subsequently began raising cattle; in 1921, the land and the herd | ||
| that the couple had accumulated were split among their seven | ||
| living children, including their daughter Ida and her husband, | ||
| Fred Wynn, who acquired the family's horned Hereford cattle; Ida | ||
| and Fred Wynn named their operation Wynn Ranch, and in the | ||
| decades since, five generations of the family have worked | ||
| together to maintain the land; Ms. Johnson and Ms. Klein assumed | ||
| ownership in 2013 following the passing of their mother, Cheryl | ||
| Klein, and today, they continue to oversee the ranch's cattle and | ||
| hay operation; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In preserving their property as a working ranch, | ||
| Jana Beth Johnson and Mary Sue Klein are making their own | ||
| contribution to their family's legacy, and it is indeed fitting | ||
| that they be honored for their outstanding stewardship; now, | ||
| therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 88th | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Jana Beth | ||
| Johnson and Mary Sue Klein on the induction of the Gray Wynn Klein | ||
| Ranch into the Texas Department of Agriculture Family Land | ||
| Heritage Program and extend to them sincere best wishes for the | ||
| future; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be | ||
| prepared for Ms. Johnson and Ms. Klein as an expression of high | ||
| regard from the Texas Senate. | ||
| Springer | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| President of the Senate | ||
| I hereby certify that the | ||
| above Resolution was adopted by | ||
| the Senate on October 12, 2023. | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Secretary of the Senate | ||
| ________________________________ | ||
| Member, Texas Senate | ||
