H.R. No. 279
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Rawley Glenn McCoy, father, husband, architect, and
public servant, died unexpectedly at home on Friday, March 5, 2021;
born on May 22, 1950, in Victoria, he was the son of the late Fred
William McCoy and Selma (Sally) Sarlls McCoy; and
WHEREAS, In the 1960s, Rawley may have been the only student
at Victoria High School to be a National Honor student while also
being enrolled in the vocational program; in his high school
drafting class, Lefty Sexton, head of the vocational program at
VHS, asked the class if there was a volunteer who would like a
summer drafting job at Warren Young Architects; of course, Rawley
raised his hand and discovered his love of architecture and his
lifelong profession; in order to work during his last two years of
high school and attend accelerated academic classes, he gave up
varsity basketball and tennis and enrolled as a vocational student;
and
WHEREAS, In pursuit of his architect dream, Rawley attended
Victoria College and thereafter earned both Bachelor of
Environmental Design and Master of Architecture degrees at Texas
A&M University, receiving the Texas Architectural Foundation 1974
and 1975 Jesse H. Jones Scholarships; returning to Victoria in
1975, he began his career working for his longtime mentor, Warren
Young, forming Young and McCoy Architects in 1979 and operating the
firm until 1995; and
WHEREAS, Rawley then started his own successful practice,
Rawley McCoy and Associates; RMA Architects and Interior Designers,
PLLC, also includes architects William Berger, Patrick Ohrt, Brad
Kocurek, Chris Pylar, and Allie McGehee, along with Dennis Hughes,
senior project manager, and Brian Parker, project manager, Ryan
Sprinkle, interior designer, and Karen Pantel, accounting and human
resources; the firm designed many notable projects in Victoria and
throughout Texas; his architecture work in the community became his
passion and only bolstered his love for his hometown of Victoria;
and
WHEREAS, This passion for his community seeded his desire to
enter public service; in 2019, the community he loved elected him
mayor; as mayor, Rawley was known as a true leader who worked
tirelessly with the city and county to improve Victoria and serve
the community; he promoted unity, collaboration, government
transparency, and advocacy for those who had not had a voice or seat
in government; and
WHEREAS, Rawley was also a spiritual man and a devoted and
active member of St. Francis Episcopal Church; he obtained a
theological Education for Ministry (EFM) four-year program
certificate from the School of Theology, Sewanee; and
WHEREAS, Rawley's public service included participation in
many civic organizations; he was past president and board member of
the Victoria Downtown Rotary, past president and board member of
Trinity School, chairman of the City of Victoria Building and
Standards Commission and Board of Adjustments and Appeals, and a
member of the VISD Career Technology Advisory Committee; he was a
recipient of the Gulf Bend MHMR Center 2018 "Community Champion
Award" and a Gulf Bend Regional Collaborative volunteer who worked
on mental health care legislative issues to improve mental health
care in a seven-county region; he was also a member of the American
Institute of Architects, the Texas Society of Architects Houston
Chapter, the Harvey Recovery Task Force and Government Affairs
Sub-Committee, and the Chamber of Commerce, as well as a voting
member of the Victoria Economic Development Corporation (VEDC) and
many more organizations; Rawley "wore many hats"; and
WHEREAS, Rawley's love for his community was only outshone by
his love of his family; his life will forever be cherished by those
he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Rawley Glenn McCoy
and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to the
love of his life, his wife, Kay Klotzman McCoy; to his children,
Kristin Erin McCoy Holub and her husband, Jaime, Timothy Jordan
McCoy and his wife, Grete, and Kathryn Caroline McCoy; to his
brothers, Fred McCoy and his wife, Claire, and Gary McCoy and his
wife, Pat; to his sister, Beverly McCoy; to his grandchildren,
Matthew, Caroline, and Natalie Holub, Lillian and Charles McCoy,
and Anika and Liv McBath; to his nieces and nephews; and to his
other relatives and 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 Rawley
Glenn McCoy.
Morrison
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Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 279 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on March 18, 2021.
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Chief Clerk of the House