Texas 2015 - 84th Regular

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1	1	SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 1049
2	2	In Memory
3	3	of
4	4	Rance William Humphreys
5	5	WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and
6	6	commemorates the life of Dr. Rance William Humphreys, who died on
7	7	October 29, 2014, at the age of 49; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Rance William Humphreys was born on July 17, 1965,
9	9	in Wharton, Texas; he lived the first years of his childhood in
10	10	Rosenberg and moved with his family to Jacksonville in 1976; and
11	11	WHEREAS, In school, Rance excelled easily; he was a
12	12	straight-A student and received academic awards for Biology and
13	13	Physics; he was a talented singer in the school choir and show
14	14	choir; an excellent golfer, he was a star member of the high
15	15	school golf team and also won many golf tournaments; and
16	16	WHEREAS, He served as chaplain of the student council, and
17	17	he was selected to attend "Boys State" in Austin; he graduated as
18	18	valedictorian at the top of his class in 1983 with a 4.0 grade
19	19	point average; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Rance attended Texas A&M University, following in
21	21	the Aggie footsteps of his uncles; he graduated in 1987 and was
22	22	accepted into the university's school of medicine; he continued
23	23	to exercise his creative talent during his time at the university
24	24	as a member of the world-famous Texas A&M University Singing
25	25	Cadets; he toured Europe with the group in the spring of 1987,
26	26	served as the group's vice president, and performed the lead role
27	27	in the barbershop quartet "The Aggienizors"; and
28	28	WHEREAS, After his first year of medical school, Rance was
29	29	awarded a scholarship from the United States Army, and he
30	30	committed to serving the nation during and after medical school;
31	31	he received his medical degree from Texas A&M University in 1991
32	32	with a specialty in psychiatry; he completed his psychiatric
33	33	residency in the army at Fort Gordon in Augusta, Georgia, and
34	34	briefly served at Fort Stewart, near Savannah, before returning
35	35	to Augusta; and
36	36	WHEREAS, Dr. Humphreys was promoted to the rank of major in
37	37	1995 and served as the director of the psychiatric resident
38	38	doctors at Fort Gordon; he deeply enjoyed mentoring the young
39	39	resident doctors, and when the residency program at Fort Gordon
40	40	was closed, Major Humphreys decided to leave the army and go into
41	41	private practice; he received an honorable discharge in 1999 and
42	42	moved to Dalton, Georgia, to start his practice; and
43	43	WHEREAS, He was a highly respected psychiatrist in
44	44	northern Georgia for 15 years, and he successfully helped many
45	45	military veterans and their families in dealing with
46	46	posttraumatic stress disorder; in addition to seeing patients at
47	47	his office, Dr. Humphreys was a rotating physician at the local
48	48	hospital, and he was a staff physician at the Youth Detention
49	49	Center; and
50	50	WHEREAS, Rance Humphreys was an exemplary citizen, an
51	51	exceptional doctor, and a loyal friend, and he leaves behind
52	52	memories that will long be cherished by those who were privileged
53	53	to share in his life; although he spent the second half of his
54	54	life in Georgia, Rance's heart always remained in Texas; now,
55	55	therefore, be it
56	56	RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 84th
57	57	Legislature, hereby extend sincere condolences to the bereaved
58	58	family of Rance William Humphreys: his parents, Charles and
59	59	Glenda Humphreys; his sister, Tana Switsky; his brother-in-law,
60	60	Joel Switsky; and his nephews, Ewan and Ethan Switsky; and, be it
61	61	further
62	62	RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
63	63	his family as an expression of deepest sympathy and that when the
64	64	Senate adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Rance Humphreys.
65	65	Nichols
66	66	________________________________
67	67	President of the Senate
68	68	I hereby certify that the
69	69	above Resolution was adopted by
70	70	the Senate on May 30, 2015, by a
71	71	rising vote.
72	72	________________________________
73	73	Secretary of the Senate
74	74	________________________________
75	75	Member, Texas Senate