{"database": "openregs", "table": "congressional_record", "rows": [["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2136", "2006-12-08", 109, 2, null, null, "REMEMBERING BILLY EARL HIBBS", "HOUSE", "EXTENSIONS", "ALLOTHER", "E2136", "E2136", "[{\"name\": \"Ralph M. Hall\", \"role\": \"speaking\"}]", null, "152 Cong. Rec. E2136", "Congressional Record, Volume 152 Issue 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)\n\n[Congressional Record Volume 152, Number 135 (Friday, December 8, 2006)]\n[Extensions of Remarks]\n[Page E2136]\nFrom the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]\n\n                      REMEMBERING BILLY EARL HIBBS\n\n                                 ______\n\n                           HON. RALPH M. HALL\n\n                                of texas\n\n                    in the house of representatives\n\n                      Wednesday, December 6, 2006\n\n  Mr. HALL. Mr. Speaker, today it is my privilege to honor the life of\na dear friend, Billy Earl Hibbs, who passed away earlier this year at\nthe age of 67. Billy was a native Texan, born on September 25, 1938 in\nQuitman. He graduated from Quitman High School and married his high\nschool sweetheart, Eugenia Stroud, in 1957. Eugenia and Billy had one\nchild, Billy Earl Hibbs, Jr.\n  Starting with a small, three-person insurance agency, Billy grew his\nbusiness into Heartland Security Insurance Group, one of the largest\ninsurance holding companies in the Southwest. Heartland is one of the\nlargest providers of claims services to the Federal Government,\nincluding all branches of the military as well as non-military\npersonnel injured in Afghanistan and Iraq. Despite its size, Heartland\nmaintains its Texas roots with its headquarters in Tyler and continues\nto serve almost half the school districts in Texas.\n  The Texas Legislature recognized Billy's accomplishments in 1981 for\nhis success in handling the John Tyler High School fire loss. In 1990,\nhe led the passage of a bond measure to provide upgrades to the city of\nTyler's infrastructure. A patron of the arts, Billy served as president\nof the East Texas Symphony Association and worked to relocate\nperformances to the Cowan Center at U.T. Tyler. Billy also served as\npresident of the Tyler Civic Theatre where he oversaw construction of\nthe Braithwaite Theater and the opening of the Rogers Children's\nTheatre. As president of the Tyler Rotary Club he became a Paul Harris\nFellow. Billy was a member of the Henry Bell Masonic Lodge, and a\nfounding board member of the Better Business Bureau of Central East\nTexas. He served as a board member for Leadership Tyler, the Tyler\nIndependent School District Foundation, and the Tyler Chamber of\nCommerce and was a member of the Order of the Rose. He was a member of\nthe Pairs and Parents Sunday School class, an usher, and a past trustee\nof Marvin United Methodist Church. Billy also remained active in the\nIndependent Insurance Agents at local, State, and national levels\nthroughout his life.\n  In 2004, Billy was inducted into the Junior Achievement ``Business\nHall of Fame,'' and made a member of the honor business fraternity,\nBeta Gamma Sigma, at the University of Texas at Tyler. In 2005, Hibbs-\nHallmark & Company was honored with the Better Business Bureau's\n``Torch Award'' for demonstrating a commendable ethical record over the\nyears, and recently, the Tyler Rotary Club honored Hibbs by\ndistinguishing all present and future donors of $1,000 as ``Billy Hibbs\nFellows.''\n  Billy is survived by his loving wife of 48 years, Eugenia ``Jeannie''\nHibbs, his son Billy E. Hibbs, Jr., and daughter-in-law Tisa Weiss\nHibbs, two grandchildren, Stratton Weiss Hibbs and London Elizabeth\nHibbs, and two sisters, Dorma Shields and Betty Cassels of Quitman, as\nwell as other relatives.\n  Billy was always generous with his time and leadership and he shared\nhis many blessings with his community and his country. Mr. Speaker,\nBilly Hibbs was a valuable member of the community whose years of\nservice will provide a legacy for many years to come.\n\n                          ____________________"]], "columns": ["granule_id", "date", "congress", "session", "volume", "issue", "title", "chamber", "granule_class", "sub_granule_class", "page_start", "page_end", "speakers", "bills", "citation", "full_text"], "primary_keys": ["granule_id"], "primary_key_values": ["CREC-2006-12-08-pt1-PgE2136"], "units": {}, "query_ms": 18.24155100621283, "source": "Federal Register API & Regulations.gov API", "source_url": "https://www.federalregister.gov/developers/api/v1", "license": "Public Domain (U.S. Government data)", "license_url": "https://www.regulations.gov/faq"}