TX HR174

Congratulates Cecil V. Newton of Highlands, Texas on his 100th birthday on March 5, 2025

Honors Newton's World War II service as an infantryman with the 87th Division in Germany, including combat at Koblenz, crossing the Rhine at Boppard, and liberating concentration camps

Recognizes his 40+ year career at Exxon, where he rose from journeyman machinist to staff engineer at the Baytown Refinery, earned two patents, and completed his bachelor's degree cum laude from the University of Houston in 1959 using the GI Bill

Notes his nearly four decades of volunteer service running sound systems and radio broadcasts at Trinity Tabernacle Assembly of God Church

Acknowledges his family legacy including 71 years of marriage to Selma Ruth Waldrep (until her passing in 2015), three children, four grandchildren, and multiple great-grandchildren