86R12203 JGH-D
By: Darby H.R. No. 732
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Our esteemed colleague, the Honorable John Raney, is
receiving his 50th anniversary Masonic service pin in 2019; and
WHEREAS, Representative Raney first joined the Masons in
1969, and he has been an active member of a number of Masonic
organizations in the Brazos Valley, including the Blue Lodge in
Bryan and St. Alban's Lodge No. 1455 in College Station, as well as
the Robert E. Lee Lodge No. 431 in Henderson; in addition, he
served as District Deputy Grand Master of District 29A in 2002; and
WHEREAS, A regular member of the Houston Scottish Rite, 33rd
Degree, Representative Raney served as president of the Steve Cooke
Scottish Rite Club in College Station; moreover, he is affiliated
with the York Rite Ivanhoe Commandery in Bryan and the Arabia Temple
in Houston; he has also served as president of the Brazos Valley
Shrine Club; and
WHEREAS, Representative Raney is a sixth-generation Texan
and a graduate of Stephen F. Austin High School in Bryan and Texas
A&M University, Class of 1969; he founded the Texas Aggieland
Bookstore in 1969, and he has served in leadership roles with the
Bryan-College Station Chamber of Commerce and the Republican Party
of Brazos County; moreover, he has been an active member of First
United Methodist Church for nearly six decades; and
WHEREAS, Since 2011, John Raney has represented House
District 14 in the Texas Legislature, where he has served with
distinction as vice chair of the Higher Education Committee and as a
member of the International Relations and Economic Development,
Appropriations, Transportation, and House Administration
Committees, among others; and
WHEREAS, For the past half century, John Raney has
exemplified the highest ideals of Freemasonry, and it is indeed a
pleasure to join in recognizing him for this remarkable
accomplishment; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable John Raney on his
receipt of a 50th anniversary Masonic service pin and extend to him
sincere best wishes for the future; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Representative Raney as an expression of high regard
by the Texas House of Representatives.