TITLE: In memory of U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr.

SUMMARY: In memory of U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr.

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WHEREAS, U.S. Army veteran Major Lee Shotwell Jr. is being laid to rest at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in Killeen on March 12, 2019; and WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty, Mr. Shotwell distinguished himself through his service in the army from December 6, 1963, to December 5, 1966; he died on November 20, 2018, at the age of 73; and WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Mr. Shotwell had no known surviving family to oversee his interment, but through the efforts of the Unaccompanied Veterans Program of the Texas Veterans Land Board, he will be buried with military honors at the Central Texas State Veterans Cemetery in coordination with Crotty Funeral Home in Belton and the Fort Hood Casualty Office; and WHEREAS, Demonstrating the selfless devotion to duty that exemplifies our nation's military personnel, Major Lee Shotwell Jr. served his country with distinction, and his fellow citizens owe him an eternal debt of gratitude for his contributions and sacrifice; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Major Lee Shotwell Jr.; and, be it further RESOLVED, That when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mr. Shotwell. Buckley Bonnen of Brazoria Guerra Oliverson Allen Guillen Ortega Allison Gutierrez Pacheco Anchia Harless Paddie Anderson Harris Parker Ashby Hefner Patterson Bailes Hernandez Paul Beckley Herrero Perez Bell of Kaufman Hinojosa Phelan Bell of Montgomery Holland Price Bernal Howard Ramos Biedermann Huberty Raney Blanco Hunter Raymond Bohac Israel Reynolds Bonnen of Galveston E. Johnson of Dallas Rodriguez Bowers J. Johnson of Dallas Romero, Jr. Buckley Johnson of Harris Rose Bucy Kacal Rosenthal Burns King of Hemphill Sanford Burrows King of Parker Schaefer Button King of Uvalde Shaheen Cain Klick Sheffield Calanni Krause Sherman, Sr. Canales Kuempel Shine Capriglione Lambert Smith Clardy Landgraf Smithee Cole Lang Springer Coleman Larson Stephenson Collier Leach Stickland Cortez Leman Stucky Craddick Longoria Swanson Cyrier Lozano Talarico Darby Lucio III Thierry Davis of Dallas Martinez Thompson of Brazoria Davis of Harris Martinez Fischer Thompson of Harris Dean Metcalf Tinderholt Deshotel Meyer Toth Dominguez Meza Turner of Dallas Dutton Middleton Turner of Tarrant Farrar Miller VanDeaver Fierro Minjarez Vo Flynn Moody Walle Frank Morales White Frullo Morrison Wilson Geren Mu oz, Jr. Wray Gervin-Hawkins Murphy Wu Goldman Murr Zedler Gonz lez of Dallas Neave Zerwas Gonz lez of El Paso Nev rez Zwiener Goodwin Noble Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 792 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on March 12, 2019. Chief Clerk of the House