H.R. No. 2946

	R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, A successful entrepreneur and longtime civic leader
	in El Paso, Barry Organ Coleman, passed away on May 9, 2015, at the
	age of 83; and
	WHEREAS, Born in Chicago, Illinois, on October 8, 1931,
	Mr. Coleman worked at Walgreens as a youth and received a company
	scholarship to study at the University of Arkansas College of
	Pharmacy; he was stationed in El Paso while serving in the United
	States Army and adopted it as his hometown; in 1960, he and his
	wife, Barbara, opened Coleman Pharmacy, and over the years, they
	built the business into a chain of 11 stores; he served his
	profession in numerous capacities, including as president of the
	Texas Pharmacy Association; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Coleman was deeply committed to public health,
	and he was one of the first to advocate for pharmacies to end
	tobacco sales; he chaired the El Paso City-County Board of Health,
	and he gave generously of his time and resources to The University
	of Texas at El Paso Cooperative Pharmacy Program; in 2014, he and
	his wife established a professorship at the UTEP College of Health
	Sciences to research issues along the Mexican border; he also
	benefited the wider community through his service at the helm of
	many organizations, among them the El Paso County Historical
	Society, the Greater El Paso Chamber of Commerce, and the El Paso
	Downtown Kiwanis Club; moreover, he was active in Democratic
	politics, and he was a deacon at University Presbyterian Church;
	and
	WHEREAS, Devoted to his family and his community, Barry
	Coleman made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved ones
	and fellow citizens alike, and he will be fondly remembered for
	years to come; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Barry Organ Coleman
	and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
	wife of 56 years, Barbara Forester Coleman; to his children,
	Russell F. Coleman and his wife, Martha, Anne Coleman Hartley and
	her husband, Mark, Regan Coleman, Douglas Coleman and his wife,
	Colleen Morris, and Hugh Coleman and his wife, Bernadette; to his
	grandchildren, Michael Coleman, Catherine Hartley, Margaret
	Coleman, Sarah Coleman, Grace Coleman, Russell Barry Coleman, John
	Coleman, Ben Coleman, Hugh J. Coleman, Helena Coleman, and Summer
	Hartley; and to his many other relatives and 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 Barry
	Coleman.
	Márquez
	______________________________
	Speaker of the House
	I certify that H.R. No. 2946 was unanimously adopted by a
	rising vote of the House on May 30, 2015.
	______________________________
	Chief Clerk of the House