HOUSTON – Frank Billingsley was honored Saturday morning with an Admiral’s Commission in the Texas Navy at the Seaport in Galveston. Greg Abbott, as commander in chief of the Texas Navy, used his position as governor to honor several Texans who are special to Texas. “During the 1950s Governor Price Daniel popularized a tradition of Texas governors honoring citizens of Texas by proclaiming them ‘Admirals in the Texas Navy,’" according to the Texas State Library and Archives Commission. "Citizens receive their honorary title for a number of reasons such as special achievement in government service or athletics. Here’s what a Texas Navy Admiral Commission is all aboutAdmiral Chester Barnes, commander of the Charles Hawkins Squadron of the Texas Navy, presented the Admiral Commission to Billingsley.