Texas HR 934: Congratulating James Howard Frasher Sr. of Georgetown on his 100th birthday.

Bill Text

By:AAWilson H.R.ANo.A934
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, A 100th birthday is truly cause for celebration, and
James Howard Frasher Sr. of Georgetown is reaching that impressive
milestone on March 28, 2019; and
WHEREAS, Born in Gardner, Colorado, in 1919, Jim Frasher
enrolled at Colorado A&M University in 1936 to study engineering,
but he left school shortly after the attack on Pearl Harbor to
enlist in the U.S. Army Air Forces; during World War II, he served
as an engineering officer with the 351st Bomb Group in England,
where he helped keep the group’s 1,358 aircraft flying during heavy
bombing campaigns over Europe, and in 1945, he volunteered to help
evacuate survivors of the Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp in
Austria; he was honorably discharged at the rank of captain and
earned a Bronze Star for meritorious achievement; and
WHEREAS, Returning to civilian life, Mr.AFrasher joined the
National Geophysical Company as a surveyor, and while working in
Utah, he met Venna Singleton, whom he married in 1946; he worked in
Calgary, Alberta, before joining the company’s home office in
Dallas in 1952 as chief of operations, and he went on to become vice
president for operations; he became executive vice president of
Teledyne Exploration Company in 1967 and president two years later,
and he cofounded the International Association of Geophysical
Contractors; and
WHEREAS, Mr.AFrasher retired in 1986, and he and his wife
settled in Georgetown in 1997; Mrs.AFrasher passed away in 2001,
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after 54 years of marriage, and today Mr.AFrasher takes pride in a
devoted family that includes three children, James, Linda, and
Barbara, four grandchildren, Jennifer, James, Tisha Kay, and
Trevor, and five great-grandchildren, Mackenzie, Sadie, Penny,
Brigg, and Jaxson; and
WHEREAS, Over the course of a century, Jim Frasher has not
only bravely served his nation but has also met the challenges and
opportunities of a long life with grace and fortitude, and on his
special day, he is blessed with the deep respect and lasting
affection of a host of loved ones; now, therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas
Legislature hereby congratulate James Howard Frasher Sr. on the
joyous occasion of his 100th birthday and extend to him sincere best
wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for Mr.AFrasher as an expression of high regard by the
Texas House of Representatives.
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