SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 866
In Memory
of
Adam Huckstep-LaPorte
WHEREAS, The family and friends of United States Army
Sergeant Adam Huckstep-LaPorte suffered an immeasurable loss
with the death of this outstanding young man on February 1, 2012,
at the age of 23; and
WHEREAS, The son of Tracy Anne LaPorte and Michael
Huckstep, Adam Cody Huckstep-LaPorte grew up in Round Rock, where
he attended McNeil High School; answering his nation's call to
duty, he joined the United States Army in 2008, and he was
deployed to Iraq the following year; he was assigned to the 2nd
Heavy Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, at Fort
Stewart, Georgia, where he was preparing to be deployed to
Afghanistan as an infantryman and gunner when he was killed in an
automobile accident; and
WHEREAS, During the course of his military service,
Sergeant Huckstep-LaPorte earned the Army Good Conduct Medal,
two Army Achievement Medals, the Army Commendation Medal, the
National Defense Service Medal, the Iraq Campaign Medal, the
Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, the Army Service Ribbon,
the Army Overseas Service Ribbon, and the Non-Commissioned
Officer Professional Development Ribbon; his patriotism and
service inspired his mother to found the support group Military
Moms of Texas; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Huckstep-LaPorte was known
affectionately as "2Step," a nickname he earned as a boy when his
mother was teaching him to dance the Texas two-step; a motorcycle
enthusiast, he was the youngest soldier ever invited to join the
Wingmen Motorcycle Club of Long County, Georgia, a fraternal
organization of current and former military personnel; and
WHEREAS, Sergeant Huckstep-LaPorte was devoted to his
family, his friends, and his nation, and although his life ended
far too soon, he will be forever remembered as an energetic and
patriotic young man who gave everything he had to everything he
did; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Sergeant Adam
Cody Huckstep-LaPorte and extend sincere condolences to the
members of his family: to his mother, Tracy Anne LaPorte, and his
dad, Lorne LaPorte; to his sisters, Colleen Faith
Huckstep-LaPorte and Savannah Grace Rhiannon LaPorte; to his
brother, Zachary Cash Norman LaPorte; to his father, Michael
Huckstep, and his wife, Renee; 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 Senate adjourns
this day, it do so in memory of Adam Huckstep-LaPorte.
Schwertner
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 9, 2013, by a
rising vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate