H.R. No. 439 R E S O L U T I O N 1-1 WHEREAS, The Texas House of Representatives is proud to honor 1-2 our colleague, G. E. "Buddy" West, and Shirley Jean West on the 1-3 joyous occasion of their 37th wedding anniversary; and 1-4 WHEREAS, Representative West and the former Shirley Jean 1-5 Porter were united in marriage on March 22, 1956, at a ceremony 1-6 conducted by the Reverend H. E. Gregory at the First Baptist Church 1-7 in Odessa; and 1-8 WHEREAS, Their wedding was the culmination of a dream for the 1-9 childhood sweethearts who had been classmates in school in the 1-10 community of North Cowden since the age of nine; and 1-11 WHEREAS, The young couple began going steady on March 20, 1-12 1953, and became engaged in June 1954; during their senior year of 1-13 high school, they took a school field trip together to El Paso and 1-14 were joined on the outing by Buddy's parents; in fact, Buddy and 1-15 Shirley might have been celebrating their 38th anniversary this 1-16 year if he hadn't chickened out of the original plan, which was to 1-17 cross the border during this trip and be married in Mexico; and 1-18 WHEREAS, He was obviously forgiven for his case of cold feet, 1-19 as they continued their courtship throughout the school year and 1-20 were graduated together from Odessa High School in May 1955; and 1-21 WHEREAS, While making plans for their future, the couple were 1-22 fortunate to enjoy the complete support of their families; Buddy's 1-23 parents were so enamored of his intended that he was allowed to use 1-24 the car only if he had a date with her and, when the groom-to-be 2-1 was unable to take time off from work to obtain the marriage 2-2 license, young Shirley was accompanied by her future father-in-law 2-3 to obtain the needed document; and 2-4 WHEREAS, The close-knit relationship that Buddy and Shirley 2-5 shared with their parents has been continued in the next generation 2-6 of the West family; their marriage has been blessed with three 2-7 children, Richie West, Lori Bennington, and Ami Satterwhite, and 2-8 they take great pride in their beloved grandchildren, Kelsee and 2-9 Shelby West and Scotty Satterwhite; and 2-10 WHEREAS, For 37 years, this remarkable couple have shared a 2-11 strong and lasting marriage filled with many happy times and 2-12 cherished family memories; built on a strong foundation of mutual 2-13 love, trust, and respect, their life together has been a source of 2-14 joy and inspiration to the many friends and family of this 2-15 fortunate pair; now, therefore, be it 2-16 RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 73rd Texas 2-17 Legislature hereby congratulate the Honorable G. E. "Buddy" West 2-18 and Shirley Jean Porter West on the occasion of their 37th wedding 2-19 anniversary and extend sincere best wishes to them for many more 2-20 years of continued happiness; and, be it further 2-21 RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 2-22 prepared for them as an expression of high regard by the Texas 2-23 House of Representatives. 2-24 House of Representatives. 2-25 Turner of Coleman 2-26 H.R. No. 439 2-27 Laney Giddings Naishtat 3-1 Alexander Glaze Nieto 3-2 Allen Goodman Oakley 3-3 Alonzo Goolsby Ogden 3-4 Alvarado Granoff Oliveira 3-5 Averitt Gray Park 3-6 Bailey Greenberg Parra 3-7 Berlanga Grusendorf Patterson 3-8 Black Gutierrez Pitts 3-9 Blackwood Haggerty Place 3-10 Bomer Hamric Price 3-11 Bosse Harris Puente 3-12 Brady Hartnett Rabuck 3-13 Brimer Heflin Ramsay 3-14 Cain Hernandez Rangel 3-15 Campbell Hightower Raymond 3-16 Carona Hilbert Rodriguez 3-17 Carter Hilderbran Romo 3-18 Chisum Hill Rudd 3-19 Clemons Hirschi Sadler 3-20 Coleman Hochberg Saunders 3-21 Combs Holzheauser Schechter 3-22 Conley Horn Seidlits 3-23 Cook Hudson Shields 3-24 Corte Hunter of Taylor Siebert 3-25 Counts Hunter of Nueces A. Smith of Harris 3-26 Crabb Jackson D. Smith of Harris 3-27 Craddick James Smithee 4-1 Cuellar of Webb Johnson Solis 4-2 Cuellar of Hidalgo Jones of Lubbock Stiles 4-3 Culberson Jones of Dallas Swinford 4-4 Danburg Junell Tallas 4-5 Davila Kamel Talton 4-6 Davis Krusee Telford 4-7 De La Garza Kubiak Thompson of Tarrant 4-8 Dear Kuempel Thompson of Harris 4-9 Delco Lewis Turner of Coleman 4-10 Delisi Linebarger Turner of Harris 4-11 Denton Longoria Uher 4-12 Driver McCall Van de Putte 4-13 Duncan McCoulskey Vowell 4-14 Dutton McDonald Williamson 4-15 Earley Madden Willis 4-16 Eckels Marchant Wilson 4-17 Edwards Martin Wolens 4-18 Erickson Maxey Yarbrough 4-19 Finnell Moffat Yost 4-20 Flores Moreno Zbranek 4-21 Gallego Mowery 4-22 Gallegos Munoz 4-23 H.R. No. 439 4-24 _______________________________ 4-25 Speaker of the House 4-26 I certify that H.R. No. 439 was adopted by the House on March 4-27 22, 1993, by a non-record vote. 5-1 _______________________________ 5-2 Chief Clerk of the House