H.R. No. 1874
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the
death of Browning Lamar Ball Jr. of Denton on March 26, 2017, at the
age of 76; and
WHEREAS, Lamar Ball was born in Troy, Tennessee, on August 1,
1940, to Browning and Mozelle Ball, and he grew up with the
companionship of a sister, Kerry; after graduating from high school
in 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the
University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1962; he later attended the
Harvard Business School Program for Management; and
WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Ball embarked on a successful 35-year
career in banking, accepting a position with C&S Bank in Atlanta,
Georgia, where he was in charge of bookkeeping; he moved to Houston
in 1979 to join the Bank of the Southwest, and in 1984, he became CEO
of MBank Fort Worth; from 1989 until his retirement in 1998, he
served as chair and CEO of First State Bank of Texas in Denton,
which he has been credited with restoring to good financial health;
and
WHEREAS, In his second career, Mr. Ball was chair of the board
and CEO of Smart Start, an ignition interlock company in Irving, and
at the end of his life, he was a director for Intelligent
Fingerprinting, a company based in Cambridge, England; he also
served as a director of the Bank Administration Institute, the
University of North Texas Foundation, and the Flow Healthcare
Foundation; in addition, he was vice chair and director of North
Texas Public Broadcasting and director and treasurer of the Fort
Worth Fat Stock Show; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Ball was a devoted husband to his wife of 20
years, Barbara, and he took great pride in his children, David,
Shannon, Jason, Allison, and Meredith, his stepchildren, Angie and
Jill, and his grandchildren, Nathan, Kaylan, Olan, Lulu, Alexandra,
Olivia, Wyatt, Ian, Tommy, Lilah, and Charlie; and
WHEREAS, Although Lamar Ball will be deeply missed, he will
forever be a source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Browning Lamar
Ball Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to his relatives and many
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 Lamar Ball.
Stucky
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1874 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on May 12, 2017.
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Chief Clerk of the House