83R23603 MGR-D
By: Bohac H.R. No. 1987
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Houston businessman and community leader Marvin
Glenn Smith passed away on October 29, 2012, at the age of 80; and
WHEREAS, Born in Mont Belvieu on November 10, 1931, to Osemon
and Eva Smith, Glenn Smith graduated from the University of Houston
with a degree in diesel engineering; he served his country in the
U.S. Army from 1954 to 1956 and was then employed as a glass
salesman for two companies and as a sales manager for the F. H.
Maloney Company and Ramtec Industries; subsequently, he owned his
own building materials business for a decade before retiring in
1992; Mr. Smith held two patents for window gaskets, and his gaskets
were used in many office buildings around the country; and
WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan served his community in a number
of capacities; a member of the board of trustees of the Spring
Branch Medical Center and a charter director with the Spring Branch
Management District, he also presided over the Spring Oaks Civic
Association and the Spring Branch East Super Neighborhood
organization; in addition, he served as a commissioner for the
softball teams in the Spring Branch Memorial Sports Association and
as a coach for the softball team on which his daughters played; he
was an avid hunter, fisherman, and golfer; and
WHEREAS, Glenn Smith was the devoted husband of Lois Ann Shay
Smith, his wife of nearly six decades, and he took pride in their
two children, Joy Lynne and Susan Elaine, and in their three
grandchildren, Kevin, Kelly, and Charlee; and
WHEREAS, Through the years, Glenn Smith provided the civic
leadership that is essential to the success of our communities, and
he will forever be remembered with deep affection by all who were
privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Marvin Glenn Smith and
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife,
Lois Ann Shay Smith; to his daughters, Joy Lynne Smith Tilton and
her husband, Barry, and Dr. Susan Elaine Smith Nagihara and her
husband, Dr. Seiichi Nagihara; to his grandchildren, Kevin
Threlkeld and his wife, Chessa, Kelly Nagihara, and Charlee Fisher
and her husband, J. Cat; to his brother, Royce Smith, and his wife,
Jo; to his niece, Gloria Enloe, and her husband, Dennis; 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 Marvin
Glenn Smith.