Bill Text: TX HR138 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Cora Brown of Lamesa.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-20 - Reported enrolled [HR138 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR138-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 138 |
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to | ||
a close when Cora Brown of Lamesa passed away on December 14, 2014, | ||
at the age of 64; and | ||
WHEREAS, The former Cora Ivory was born on June 14, 1950, in | ||
Plainview to Henry and Willie Mae Ivory; the family moved to | ||
Quitaque, and she graduated from Silverton High School before going | ||
on to receive a degree in criminal justice from Wayland Baptist | ||
University; she further pursued her education at Sam Houston State | ||
University, where she graduated in the inaugural class of the Bill | ||
Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas; and | ||
WHEREAS, In October 1974, Ms. Brown became the first woman to | ||
be sworn in as an officer of the Plainview Police Department; she | ||
was also the first female officer hired by the Lamesa Police | ||
Department, and from August 1975 to January 1986, she served as a | ||
juvenile officer and investigator; she then worked as a criminal | ||
investigator and victim's witness coordinator for the 106th | ||
Judicial District Attorney's Office until December 1996; for the | ||
past 17 years, she had worked as the director of the Dawson County | ||
Senior Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, In addition to her outstanding career in law | ||
enforcement, Ms. Brown dedicated a great deal of time and energy to | ||
volunteer work; she served for 27 years as a member and a president | ||
of the Lamesa Independent School District board, and she was active | ||
with many other groups, including the local Dawson County United | ||
Way, the Lamesa Boys and Girls Club, and West Texas Opportunities, | ||
Inc.; for the past 15 years, she had also served as pastor of Mount | ||
Olive Baptist Church in Lamesa; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown and her husband, Charlie, enjoyed a | ||
rewarding marriage of nearly four decades, and they became the | ||
proud parents of four children, Geoffrey, Ebony, Pamela, and Joe; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Devoted to her family and community, Cora Brown will | ||
be deeply missed, and her leadership, strength of character, and | ||
generosity of spirit will forever inspire all those who had the good | ||
fortune to know her; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Cora Brown and | ||
extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her | ||
husband, Charlie Brown; to her daughters, Ebony Benton and her | ||
husband, Al, and Pamela McDonald; to her son, Joe Williams; to her | ||
granddaughter, Elizabeth Newsome; to her six grandchildren and her | ||
three great-grandchildren; to her sisters, Ella Oliver, Nellie | ||
Polley and her husband, Oliver Roberts, Kathryn Davis and her | ||
husband, Charles, Henrietta Scoggins and her husband, Finis, and | ||
Dixie Carol Clark and her husband, Jerry; to her brothers, Joshua | ||
Ivory, Billy Ivory and his wife, Linda, Phineas L. Ivory and his | ||
wife, Marguerite, and Clarence E. Ivory; and to her other relatives | ||
and many friends; and, be it further | ||
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Cora Brown. | ||
Craddick | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 138 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on February 19, 2015. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||