Bill Text: TX HR126 | 2021 | 87th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of the Reverend Dr. Aristide Brown Sr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-10-19 - Reported enrolled [HR126 Detail]
Download: Texas-2021-HR126-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 126 |
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their | ||
memories of the Reverend Dr. Aristide Brown Sr., who died on | ||
September 12, 2021, at the age of 91; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Fred and Queen Brown, Aristide Brown was | ||
born in New Orleans on July 18, 1930, and grew up in Batchelor, | ||
Louisiana, with seven siblings, Douglas, Lucile, Larence, | ||
Roseleone, Arthur, John, and Mildred; in 1953, he enlisted in the | ||
U.S. Army, and over the course of a military career that spanned two | ||
decades, he served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars and earned the | ||
Bronze Star and five Good Conduct Medals; after retiring in 1973, he | ||
worked in the civil service and taught at St. Philip's College in | ||
San Antonio before becoming a full-time pastor; and | ||
WHEREAS, While still in the army, Dr. Brown received the call | ||
to preach, and he first served as a pastor at Fort Leonard Wood, | ||
Missouri, before becoming assistant pastor at St. Stephens Baptist | ||
Church in San Antonio; from 1972 to 2005, he was pastor of Tree | ||
Mount Temple Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio, and in 1989, | ||
he earned a doctorate from Guadalupe Baptist Theological Seminary; | ||
in 2006, he became pastor of Anointed Rock Baptist Church and helped | ||
oversee the congregation's merger with his former church to become | ||
Anointed Greater Tree Mount Temple Missionary Baptist Church in | ||
2010; he ultimately retired from ministry in 2012; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Brown married the former Mary Jane Young in | ||
1953, and the couple shared a rewarding union that spanned 68 years; | ||
he was the proud father of five children, Gregory, Ray, Michael, | ||
Aristide, and the late Linda Queen Brown Hatch, and with the passing | ||
years, he welcomed into his family nine grandchildren, Robert, | ||
Natasha, Lauren, Ray, Tremond, Spencer, Mychael, Aristide, and | ||
Angelo, and numerous great-grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Aristide Brown lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
dedicated to his family, his faith, and his nation, and he leaves | ||
behind a legacy of service that will continue to inspire all those | ||
who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of the Reverend Dr. Aristide Brown Sr. and extend sincere | ||
condolences to the members of his family and to his many 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 Aristide | ||
Brown. | ||
Lopez | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 126 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on October 18, 2021. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||