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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Michael |
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Gene Bryan of Keller, who passed away on January 25, 2017, at the |
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age of 71; and |
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WHEREAS, Mike Bryan was born in Coleman on June 27, 1945, to |
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Dany and Glenda Jean Bryan; after graduating from Abilene High |
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School, he attended Texas A&M University, where he was a |
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distinguished member of the Corps of Cadets; and |
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WHEREAS, During his senior year, Mr. Bryan married his high |
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school sweetheart, Carole Herring; the couple became the proud |
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parents of three children, Matthew, Mark, and Michelle, and later |
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in life, their family grew to include seven grandchildren, Taylor, |
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Logan, Huston, Hogan, Peighton, Lanie, and Cameron; and |
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WHEREAS, After graduating from Texas A&M, Mr. Bryan was |
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commissioned as a second lieutenant in the U.S. Army; he began |
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studies at Texas A&M toward a master's degree in business but was |
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called to active military duty, first in the quartermaster branch |
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and then as a company commander at Fort Carson, Colorado; he |
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concluded his military service after two years at the rank of first |
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lieutenant; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan began his civilian career with Stewart and |
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Stevenson in 1970 as a district sales engineer in Odessa, and he |
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went on to hold the positions of sales manager and oil-field sales |
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manager in the company's Dallas office; in 1986, he started his own |
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business, M. G. Bryan Equipment Company, which prospered over the |
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years, earning recognition in 2007 as one of the fastest-growing |
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businesses in North Texas from the Dallas Business Journal and the |
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Cox School of Business at Southern Methodist University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Bryan was a member of the Masons and the |
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Shriners, and he was also active in the Texas and Southwestern |
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Cattle Raisers Association, the Texas A&M Association of Former |
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Students, the Texas Aggie Corps of Cadets Association, and the |
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National Oil Equipment Manufacturers and Delegates Society; and |
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WHEREAS, A dedicated officer, a caring family man, and an |
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accomplished business leader, Mike Bryan lived a rich and |
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purposeful life surrounded by those he loved, and they will forever |
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carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Michael Gene Bryan |
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and extend heartfelt sympathy to his family and many friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Michael |
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Gene Bryan. |
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Kacal |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 494 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 2, 2017. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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