SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 905
In Memory
of
David Irvine Rucker
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever feel the loss of
Texas Department of Public Safety Trooper David Irvine Rucker,
who died in the line of duty on September 29, 1981, at the age of
37; and
WHEREAS, Trooper Rucker was shot and killed during the
course of a traffic stop; he left behind a wife and three
children; and
WHEREAS, Born in Brownsville on October 21, 1943, David
Rucker was the son of Bracht and Hazel Dawn Rucker; he grew up in
Homestead, Florida, where he graduated from South Dade High
School in 1963; he studied liberal arts at Texas Southmost
College in Brownsville and went on to graduate from the Dade
County Police Academy; from 1966 to 1968, he served as a patrol
officer in the Homestead Police Department; and
WHEREAS, On September 15, 1969, Mr. Rucker took the oath of
the Texas State Highway Patrol; he was appointed patrolman in
1973, and that same year, he was promoted to patrolman II; at the
time of his death, he was assigned to Region 3 in Port Isabel; and
WHEREAS, In 1997, a memorial was placed at the site of
Trooper Rucker's death, and a street was renamed in his honor in
Isla Blanca Park on South Padre Island; the Carrizales-Rucker
Detention Center near Olmito bears his name, and in 2012, the
Texas Department of Public Safety named a river patrol boat in
Trooper Rucker's memory; and
WHEREAS, Though David Rucker was taken far too soon, his
legacy of public service and devotion to his family will continue
to inspire all those who hold him close in their hearts; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 85th
Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of David Irvine
Rucker and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many
friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
his family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns this day, it do
so in memory of David Irvine Rucker.
Lucio
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President of the Senate
I hereby certify that the
above Resolution was adopted by
the Senate on May 26, 2017, by a
rising vote.
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Secretary of the Senate
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Member, Texas Senate