TITLE: In memory of U.S. Army Private First Class Devon Jemail Harris of Mesquite.

SUMMARY: In memory of U.S. Army Private First Class Devon Jemail Harris of Mesquite.

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WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Army Private First Class Devon Jemail Harris of Mesquite suffered an immeasurable loss with the death of this valiant soldier on November 27, 2010, at the age of 24; and WHEREAS, Assigned to the Brigade Special Troops Battalion, 10th Mountain Division, Private Harris was killed while serving his country in Afghanistan; and WHEREAS, Born on July 3, 1986, to Sorainya and Tennyson Harris, Devon Harris graduated from Skyline High School in 2004 and went on to attend Southwest Christian College; he was an active member of the Southern Hills Church of Christ and enjoyed playing the violin; he hoped to one day become a history teacher; and WHEREAS, Private Harris joined the army in August 2009, and his skill and dedication to duty earned him many honors, including the National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, and the Army Service Ribbon; and WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and women whose love of country inspires them to serve, yet the tragic death of this brave man is a sobering reminder of the cost of war; Private Devon Jemail Harris embodied the highest ideals of the U.S. armed forces, and those who knew him and loved him will forever carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of U.S. Army Private First Class Devon Jemail Harris and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family: to his mother, Sorainya Harris; to his father and stepmother, Tennyson and Felicia Harris; to his brothers, David Parker and Christopher Johnson; to his sisters, Ashley Harris, Tiffany Dotson, and Monica Harris Smith; to his stepbrother, Michael Rufus; to his stepsister, Stephanie Rufus; to his grandmother, Lula Smith Johnson; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Private First Class Devon Jemail Harris. Burkett Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 2568 was unanimously adopted by a rising vote of the House on May 30, 2011. Chief Clerk of the House