| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Florence Marie Hall, a philanthropist and admired |
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| 6 | 7 | | member of the Panhandle business community, is being posthumously |
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| 7 | 8 | | inducted into the Petroleum Hall of Fame on April 30, 2023; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The Petroleum Hall of Fame, established in 1967 by |
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| 9 | 10 | | the Permian Basin Petroleum Museum in Midland, recognizes |
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| 10 | 11 | | individuals who have made outstanding contributions to the |
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| 11 | 12 | | development of the petroleum industry or have served as worthy |
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| 12 | 13 | | examples to those in the petroleum industry; and |
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| 13 | 14 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Granville and Florence Hall, Marie |
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| 14 | 15 | | Hall was born in Big Spring; she graduated from The Hockaday School |
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| 15 | 16 | | and Southern Methodist University and served as director of the |
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| 16 | 17 | | State National Bank of Big Spring; deeply devoted to West Texas, she |
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| 17 | 18 | | distinguished herself through her extensive charitable efforts; in |
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| 18 | 19 | | 2011, she founded the FMH Foundation to support organizations and |
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| 19 | 20 | | programs focused on health sciences, rural health care, performing |
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| 20 | 21 | | and visual arts, and community and cultural endeavors, and over the |
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| 21 | 22 | | years, the foundation has provided nearly 600 grants to more than |
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| 22 | 23 | | 130 agencies; Ms. Hall was president of the foundation until her |
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| 23 | 24 | | passing in 2017; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, Among her accolades, Ms. Hall was named the 1987 |
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| 25 | 26 | | Woman of the Year by the Big Spring Area Chamber of Commerce and an |
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| 26 | 27 | | Outstanding Philanthropist by the Permian Basin Chapter of the |
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| 27 | 28 | | Association of Fundraising Professionals; moreover, she received |
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| 28 | 29 | | an honorary degree from Texas Tech University Health Sciences |
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| 29 | 30 | | Center as well as the Rosalind Redfern Library Benefactor Award and |
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| 30 | 31 | | the Turner Award from the Museum of the Southwest; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Through her enduring commitment to Big Spring and |
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| 32 | 33 | | communities across West Texas, Marie Hall built a legacy that will |
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| 33 | 34 | | continue to resonate in the years to come, and she is indeed a |
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| 34 | 35 | | worthy addition to the Petroleum Hall of Fame; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the 88th Legislature of the State of Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | hereby honor the memory of Florence Marie Hall on the occasion of |
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| 37 | 38 | | her posthumous induction into the Petroleum Hall of Fame and pay |
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| 38 | 39 | | tribute to her life and achievements; and, be it further |
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| 39 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 40 | 41 | | prepared for her family as an expression of high regard by the Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | House of Representatives and Senate. |
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| 42 | | - | Craddick |
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| 43 | | - | ______________________________ ______________________________ |
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| 44 | | - | President of the Senate Speaker of the House |
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| 45 | | - | I certify that H.C.R. No. 16 was adopted by the House on March |
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| 46 | | - | 8, 2023, by the following vote: Yeas 140, Nays 0, 2 present, not |
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| 47 | | - | voting. |
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| 48 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 49 | | - | Chief Clerk of the House |
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| 50 | | - | I certify that H.C.R. No. 16 was adopted by the Senate on |
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| 51 | | - | March 13, 2023, by a viva-voce vote. |
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| 52 | | - | ______________________________ |
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| 53 | | - | Secretary of the Senate |
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| 54 | | - | APPROVED: __________________ |
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| 55 | | - | Date |
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| 56 | | - | __________________ |
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| 57 | | - | Governor |
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