Bill Text: TX HR34 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Harlon Brooks of Nacogdoches.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-11-02 - Reported enrolled [HR34 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR34-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 34 |
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WHEREAS, Memories of joyful times and meaningful | ||
accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends of Harlon | ||
Brooks of Nacogdoches, who passed away on August 20, 2023, at the | ||
age of 79; and | ||
WHEREAS, The son of Gaylon and Topsie Brooks, Harlon Brooks | ||
was born in Nacogdoches on December 19, 1943, and he grew up with | ||
the companionship of four sisters, Rose, Ella, Anita, and Mary; he | ||
graduated from E. J. Campbell High School in 1961; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Brooks married his high school sweetheart, | ||
Alfreddie, and the couple shared many happy years together until | ||
his passing; they were blessed with two children, Candace and | ||
Marlon, and their treasured family eventually grew to include five | ||
grandchildren, Gabriel, Jordan, Michael, Isaac, and Jacob; and | ||
WHEREAS, Together with his wife and two of his friends, | ||
Mr. Brooks founded Harlon's BBQ in Houston in 1977; the restaurant | ||
originally operated out of a former gas station in the South Park | ||
neighborhood, and it later became one of the first Black-owned | ||
businesses to establish sites at major airports and to serve as a | ||
food vendor at the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo; over the years, | ||
the business grew to include more than two dozen locations across | ||
Texas before it closed its physical stores and transitioned to | ||
special events catering; in 2010, Mr. and Mrs. Brooks retired to | ||
their hometown of Nacogdoches, where they purchased several local | ||
enterprises; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Brooks was involved in a number of organizations | ||
and events throughout his life, including the Texas Blueberry | ||
Festival, Concerned Black Men of Nacogdoches, RodeoHouston, and the | ||
Wings Over Houston Airshow, and he was an active member of Iron | ||
Wheel Baptist Church; among his many honors, he received the | ||
African American Business Achievement Pinnacle Award from the | ||
Greater Houston Black Chamber in 2000; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harlon Brooks lived a rich and purposeful life | ||
centered around his family, his work, and his community, and he will | ||
long be remembered with deep admiration and affection by all who | ||
were privileged to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory | ||
of Harlon Brooks and extend sincere condolences to his loved ones; | ||
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 Harlon | ||
Brooks. | ||
Clardy | ||
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Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 34 was unanimously adopted by a rising | ||
vote of the House on November 1, 2023. | ||
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Chief Clerk of the House | ||