Bill Text: TX HR1510 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Glenda Purham-Brown of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-07 - Reported enrolled [HR1510 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1510-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1510 |
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WHEREAS, Glenda Faye Purham-Brown, the beloved mother of our | ||
esteemed colleague Representative Ron Reynolds, passed away on | ||
April 8, 2011, at the age of 54; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Tennessee on July 26, 1956, to Louis and Mary | ||
Purham, the former Glenda Purham graduated with honors from high | ||
school and went on to attend Lane College, where she earned a degree | ||
in business administration in 1978; she moved to Houston four years | ||
later and worked as a legal assistant and office manager at several | ||
prominent law firms; and | ||
WHEREAS, Intent on becoming an attorney herself, | ||
Ms. Purham-Brown relocated to Atlanta, where she earned a doctor of | ||
jurisprudence degree from the Atlanta Law School in 1991; she was | ||
admitted to the Georgia State Bar that same year and later to the | ||
United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; | ||
after returning to Houston, she was admitted to practice before the | ||
U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and | ||
cofounded Brown, Brown & Reynolds, one of the largest and most | ||
successful minority-owned law firms in the state; as one of the | ||
firm's three name partners, she worked alongside her husband, | ||
Conrell Brown, and her son, Ron Reynolds, and focused her practice | ||
on social security disability; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Purham-Brown served her professional community | ||
as a member of the Gate City Bar Association, the National Bar | ||
Association, the National Organization of Social Security Claims | ||
Representatives, the American Bar Association, and the Houston | ||
Lawyers Association; moreover, she was an active member of the Beta | ||
Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a service organization | ||
that encourages the empowerment of women and advocates for basic | ||
human rights; and | ||
WHEREAS, In her free time, Ms. Purham-Brown found pleasure in | ||
gourmet cooking and hosting gatherings of her family, which, in | ||
addition to her husband and her son Ron, included her son Chris, her | ||
daughter-in-law, Jonita, and her granddaughter, Lacey; a woman of | ||
deep faith, she also drew support from her fellow congregants at | ||
Brookhollow Baptist Church and found great joy in helping others; | ||
and | ||
WHEREAS, Glenda Purham-Brown was a woman of strength and | ||
compassion whose belief in overcoming injustice through faith, | ||
education, and determination will long inspire all those who had | ||
the good fortune to share in her life; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Glenda Faye | ||
Purham-Brown and extend sincere sympathy to her family: to her | ||
husband, Conrell Brown; to her sons, Ronald Reynolds II and his | ||
wife, Dr. Jonita Reynolds, and Christopher Brown; to her | ||
granddaughter, Lacey Reynolds; to her parents, the Reverend Louis | ||
Purham and Mary Purham; to her brothers, the Reverend Aaron | ||
L. Purham and his wife, Deborah, the Reverend Reginald Purham and | ||
his wife, Corrie, and Sidney Purham; to her sisters, Patricia | ||
A. Baldwin, Antoinette Windham and her husband, Audrey, and Arnita | ||
F. Lovett and her husband, Sam; to her godchildren, Morgan Miller, | ||
Ryian Reed, Vaughn Veal, and Haven Williams; to her niece and | ||
closest friend, Marceil Veal; and to her many other relatives and | ||
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 Glenda | ||
Purham-Brown. | ||
Miles | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1510 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 5, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||