82S10987 MGR-D
By: Callegari H.R. No. 154
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the
passing of the Reverend John Brannon Haskins, Sr., of Houston, on
February 20, 2011, at the age of 85; and
WHEREAS, Born in Benton, Tennessee, on February 5, 1926, to
David Calvin and Etta Pearl Vest Haskins, J. B. Haskins was the
eighth of 13 children; he enlisted in the United States Navy after
high school and attended the navy's radio school; during World War
II, he saw action at Leyte Gulf and was a crew member on a ship that
escorted General Douglas MacArthur's vessel during his return to
the Philippines; and
WHEREAS, Following his honorable discharge in 1945, Mr.
Haskins studied at Tennessee Tech University, graduating in 1949;
he then hitchhiked to Fort Worth and enrolled at Southwestern
Baptist Theological Seminary, working his way through school and
earning a bachelor's degree in divinity and a master's degree in
religious education; his long and accomplished career as a pastor
included service to congregations in Dallas, Houston, and Pasadena
as well as Roanoke, Virginia, and Jacksonville, Florida; and
WHEREAS, Reverend Haskins also was employed for many years by
Olan Mills Photography in its church directory department, and he
later worked for a service that delivered lost luggage in the
Houston area; his hobbies included golf and snow skiing, and he was
known for his love of a good joke; and
WHEREAS, In all of his endeavors, Reverend Haskins was
supported by his loving wife, Laura Ann Haskins, and the couple
shared nearly 60 years together; they became the parents of three
sons, John Brannon Haskins, Jr., Stephen Murray Haskins, and
Richard Gregory Haskins, and their family later grew to include
four grandchildren and a great-grandson; and
WHEREAS, J. B. Haskins lived a rich and purposeful life
devoted to his faith and his family; though he will be greatly
missed, he will long be fondly remembered for the spiritual
guidance and care he provided to others through the years; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of
the Reverend John Brannon Haskins, Sr., and extend sincere sympathy
to the members of his family: to his wife, Laura Ann Haskins; to his
sons, John B. Haskins, Jr., and his wife, Betty Marie, and Stephen
Murray Haskins and his wife, Rhonda Gayle; to his grandchildren,
Jennifer Melanie Vincent and her husband, Jack, Jillian Megan
Haskins, Jamie Denise Haskins, and Ross Brannon Haskins; to his
great-grandson, Jackson Brannon Vincent; to his sister, Sarah Grace
McTaggart; 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 the
Reverend John Brannon Haskins, Sr.