83S10183 JGH-D
 
  By: Paddie H.R. No. 105
 
 
 
R E S O L U T I O N
         WHEREAS, Bear Creek Smokehouse in Marshall has been named the
  2013 Family-Owned Business of the Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth
  District of the U.S. Small Business Administration; and
         WHEREAS, Founded in 1943 by Hick and Nellie Shoults, this
  popular establishment has grown from a small backyard smokehouse to
  a large-scale facility that prepares a variety of meats for sale at
  the company's salesroom in Marshall and through its catalog and
  website; products include hickory-smoked brisket, turkey, chicken,
  mango ginger habanero ham, peppered pork tenderloin, sausage,
  bacon, soup mixes, desserts, and the company's own brand of
  barbecue sauce; and
         WHEREAS, Today, Bear Creek Smokehouse thrives under the
  direction of president Robbie Shoults, the grandson of the original
  founders, and several other generations of the family continue to
  participate in the business; and
         WHEREAS, Texas is fortunate to be home to many independent
  businesses that have benefited from the stewardship of one family
  through the years, and Bear Creek Smokehouse proudly upholds that
  vital tradition while contributing to the economic well-being of
  the community; now, therefore, be it
         RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas
  Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby congratulate Bear Creek
  Smokehouse on being named the 2013 Family-Owned Business of the
  Year by the Dallas/Fort Worth District of the U.S. Small Business
  Administration and extend to the Shoults family sincere best wishes
  for continued success; and, be it further
         RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
  prepared for Bear Creek Smokehouse as an expression of high regard
  by the Texas House of Representatives.