Texas 2023 - 88th 3rd C.S.

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1	1	H.R. No. 32
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Family farms and ranches are vital to the economic
6	6	and cultural prosperity of the Lone Star State, and the
7	7	Beckendorff-Sword Home Place of Harris County is being recognized
8	8	for its role in this proud tradition with its induction into the
9	9	Family Land Heritage Program on October 18, 2023, at a ceremony at
10	10	the State Capitol; and
11	11	WHEREAS, Sponsored by the Texas Department of Agriculture,
12	12	the program honors farms and ranches that have been in continuous
13	13	agricultural operation by the same family for a century or more;
14	14	since 1974, TDA has recognized over 5,000 families whose proud
15	15	Texas legacy has passed from generation to generation and who have
16	16	served as dedicated stewards of their land; and
17	17	WHEREAS, The Beckendorff-Sword Home Place traces its origins
18	18	to April 1922, when Maggie Davis Mansell purchased 160 acres in
19	19	Harris County; she and her husband, Richard A. Mansell, were the
20	20	parents of seven children, William Aaron, Robert E. Lee, Bonnie
21	21	Mae, Jessie, M. L., Richard Davis, and Richard Guy, and they raised
22	22	swine and peanuts on their land; on December 12, 1940, the Mansell
23	23	farm was struck by a tornado; tragically, Mrs. Mansell's husband
24	24	was killed in the incident, and she was seriously injured; in 1967,
25	25	the property was divided among her children, and Jessie Beckendorff
26	26	and her husband, Roy, began farming some 32 acres; and
27	27	WHEREAS, In 1973, Mrs. Beckendorff's children, Leland,
28	28	Richard, and Ruby, inherited the land; three years later, Richard
29	29	Beckendorff traded his third of the property to his children, Kay
30	30	Beckendorff Sword and Randall Beckendorff, who harvested rice and
31	31	soybean crops before transitioning to hay and cattle production;
32	32	today, the Katy-area farm continues on under the ownership of
33	33	Ms. Beckendorff Sword, great-granddaughter of founder Maggie Davis
34	34	Mansell, who oversees a hay operation; and
35	35	WHEREAS, For more than 100 years, the Beckendorff-Sword Home
36	36	Place has played an important role in Harris County while helping to
37	37	preserve the rich agricultural history of Texas, and it is indeed
38	38	fitting that Kay Beckendorff Sword and the members of her family be
39	39	recognized for their outstanding stewardship; now, therefore, be it
40	40	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas
41	41	Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby commemorate the induction
42	42	of the Beckendorff-Sword Home Place into the Texas Department of
43	43	Agriculture Family Land Heritage Program and extend to all those
44	44	associated with the farm sincere best wishes for the future; and, be
45	45	it further
46	46	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
47	47	prepared for Kay Beckendorff Sword as an expression of high regard
48	48	by the Texas House of Representatives.
49	49	Schofield
50	50	______________________________
51	51	Speaker of the House
52	52	I certify that H.R. No. 32 was adopted by the House on
53	53	November 1, 2023, by a non-record vote.
54	54	______________________________
55	55	Chief Clerk of the House