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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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death of Browning Lamar Ball Jr. of Denton on March 26, 2017, at the |
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age of 76; and |
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WHEREAS, Lamar Ball was born in Troy, Tennessee, on August 1, |
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1940, to Browning and Mozelle Ball, and he grew up with the |
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companionship of a sister, Kerry; after graduating from high school |
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in 1958, he earned a bachelor's degree in economics from the |
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University of Tennessee, Knoxville, in 1962; he later attended the |
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Harvard Business School Program for Management; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1963, Mr. Ball embarked on a successful 35-year |
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career in banking, accepting a position with C&S Bank in Atlanta, |
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Georgia, where he was in charge of bookkeeping; he moved to Houston |
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in 1979 to join the Bank of the Southwest, and in 1984, he became CEO |
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of MBank Fort Worth; from 1989 until his retirement in 1998, he |
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served as chair and CEO of First State Bank of Texas in Denton, |
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which he has been credited with restoring to good financial health; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, In his second career, Mr. Ball was chair of the board |
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and CEO of Smart Start, an ignition interlock company in Irving, and |
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at the end of his life, he was a director for Intelligent |
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Fingerprinting, a company based in Cambridge, England; he also |
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served as a director of the Bank Administration Institute, the |
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University of North Texas Foundation, and the Flow Healthcare |
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Foundation; in addition, he was vice chair and director of North |
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Texas Public Broadcasting and director and treasurer of the Fort |
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Worth Fat Stock Show; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Ball was a devoted husband to his wife of 20 |
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years, Barbara, and he took great pride in his children, David, |
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Shannon, Jason, Allison, and Meredith, his stepchildren, Angie and |
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Jill, and his grandchildren, Nathan, Kaylan, Olan, Lulu, Alexandra, |
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Olivia, Wyatt, Ian, Tommy, Lilah, and Charlie; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Lamar Ball will be deeply missed, he will |
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forever be a source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, |
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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 Browning Lamar |
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Ball Jr. and extend heartfelt sympathy to his relatives and many |
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friends; and, 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 Lamar Ball. |