| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 85 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, The citizens of San Angelo lost an admired community |
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| 6 | 6 | | leader with the passing of Wylie O. Webb on June 24, 2023, at the age |
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| 7 | 7 | | of 90; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Wylie Webb was born to Clyde and Oval Webb in San |
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| 9 | 9 | | Angelo on March 17, 1933; after graduating from San Angelo High |
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| 10 | 10 | | School, he joined the U.S. Air Force, training as an aircraft and |
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| 11 | 11 | | engine mechanic and as a B-29 flight engineer and subsequently |
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| 12 | 12 | | serving at an air base in South Korea and at Tinker Air Force Base in |
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| 13 | 13 | | Oklahoma; following his military service, he attended San Angelo |
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| 14 | 14 | | College and went on to earn a business administration degree from |
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| 15 | 15 | | The University of Texas at Austin; and |
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| 16 | 16 | | WHEREAS, Over the course of his career as a certified public |
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| 17 | 17 | | accountant, Mr. Webb worked for the Jones, Freeze, Hay & Company |
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| 18 | 18 | | accounting firm and then for Hall, McCoulsky, and Bachman, where he |
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| 19 | 19 | | became a partner; in 1977, he cofounded the Webb & Webb accounting |
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| 20 | 20 | | firm, and he retired from his practice in 2017, concluding an |
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| 21 | 21 | | exemplary tenure that spanned four decades; and |
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| 22 | 22 | | WHEREAS, Mr. Webb was elected to the San Angelo City |
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| 23 | 23 | | Commission in 1968 and as mayor of the city two years later; he |
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| 24 | 24 | | demonstrated tremendous leadership in that office, helping to |
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| 25 | 25 | | establish permanent underground water supplies for the city's three |
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| 26 | 26 | | reservoirs; he also served as president of the San Angelo |
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| 27 | 27 | | Independent School District board and the San Angelo Chamber of |
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| 28 | 28 | | Commerce and as a member of the Board of City Development and the |
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| 29 | 29 | | River Corridor Commission; moreover, he was a San Angelo Chamber of |
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| 30 | 30 | | Commerce Citizen of the Year, a lifetime board member of the Mary |
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| 31 | 31 | | Ellen Kent Bunyard Family Foundation, and a recipient of the |
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| 32 | 32 | | Distinguished Public Service Award from the Texas Society of |
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| 33 | 33 | | Certified Public Accountants; and |
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| 34 | 34 | | WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mr. Webb enjoyed the love and |
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| 35 | 35 | | support of his wife of 54 years, Anita Glyn Russell Webb; he took |
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| 36 | 36 | | great pride in his daughter, Aleesa Shawn Webb, and his grandson, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Wylie "Gage" Hahn; and |
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| 38 | 38 | | WHEREAS, Although Wylie Webb is deeply missed, memories of |
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| 39 | 39 | | his integrity, his kindness, and his devotion to his family remain |
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| 40 | 40 | | to comfort and inspire those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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| 42 | 42 | | Legislature, 4th Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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| 43 | 43 | | Wylie O. Webb and extend heartfelt condolences to all who mourn his |
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| 44 | 44 | | passing; and, be it further |
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| 45 | 45 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 46 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 47 | 47 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Wylie Webb. |
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| 48 | 48 | | Darby |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 51 | 51 | | I certify that H.R. No. 85 was unanimously adopted by a rising |
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| 52 | 52 | | vote of the House on December 5, 2023. |
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| 53 | 53 | | ______________________________ |
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| 54 | 54 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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