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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Michael |
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| 6 | 7 | | Gene Bryan of Keller, who passed away on January 25, 2017, at the |
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| 7 | 8 | | age of 71; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Mike Bryan was born in Coleman on June 27, 1945, to |
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| 9 | 10 | | Dany and Glenda Jean Bryan; after graduating from Abilene High |
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| 10 | 11 | | School, he attended Texas A&M University, where he was a |
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| 11 | 12 | | distinguished member of the Corps of Cadets; and |
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| 12 | 13 | | WHEREAS, During his senior year, Mr. Bryan married his high |
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| 13 | 14 | | school sweetheart, Carole Herring; the couple became the proud |
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| 14 | 15 | | parents of three children, Matthew, Mark, and Michelle, and later |
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| 15 | 16 | | in life, their family grew to include seven grandchildren, Taylor, |
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| 16 | 17 | | Logan, Huston, Hogan, Peighton, Lanie, and Cameron; and |
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| 17 | 18 | | WHEREAS, After graduating from Texas A&M, Mr. Bryan was |
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| 18 | 19 | | commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army; he began |
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| 19 | 20 | | studies at Texas A&M toward a master's degree in business but was |
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| 20 | 21 | | called to active military duty, first in the quartermaster branch |
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| 21 | 22 | | and then as a company commander at Fort Carson, Colorado; he |
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| 22 | 23 | | concluded his military service after two years at the rank of first |
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| 23 | 24 | | lieutenant; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan began his civilian career with Stewart and |
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| 25 | 26 | | Stevenson in 1970 as a district sales engineer in Odessa, and he |
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| 26 | 27 | | went on to hold the positions of sales manager and oil-field sales |
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| 27 | 28 | | manager in the company's Dallas office; in 1986, he started his own |
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| 28 | 29 | | business, M. G. Bryan Equipment Company, which prospered over the |
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| 29 | 30 | | years, earning recognition in 2007 as one of the fastest-growing |
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| 30 | 31 | | businesses in North Texas from the Dallas Business Journal and the |
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| 31 | 32 | | Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan was a member of the Masons and the |
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| 33 | 34 | | Shriners, and he was also active in the Texas and Southwestern |
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| 34 | 35 | | Cattle Raisers Association, the Texas A&M Association of Former |
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| 35 | 36 | | Students, the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, and the |
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| 36 | 37 | | National Oil Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society; and |
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| 37 | 38 | | WHEREAS, A dedicated officer, a caring family man, and an |
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| 38 | 39 | | accomplished business leader, Mike Bryan lived a rich and |
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| 39 | 40 | | purposeful life surrounded by those he loved, and they will forever |
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| 40 | 41 | | carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 42 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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| 42 | 43 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Michael Gene Bryan |
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| 43 | 44 | | and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many friends; and, |
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| 44 | 45 | | be it further |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 47 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 47 | 48 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Michael |
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| 48 | 49 | | Gene Bryan. |
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