Bill Text: TX HR660 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Doris Jean Brown of Ellis County on her 90th birthday.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR660 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR660-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 660 | ||
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| WHEREAS, The 90th birthday of an esteemed Texan is indeed | ||
| cause for celebration, and Doris Jean Brown of Ellis County is | ||
| marking this significant milestone in her life on April 5, 2019; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born to Bertha and Curtis Buckner in Oak Branch on | ||
| April 5, 1929, the former Doris Jean Buckner grew up on a cotton | ||
| farm with the companionship of a brother, Walter; she attended | ||
| school in her hometown until the ninth grade and then transferred to | ||
| a larger school in Maypearl; and | ||
| WHEREAS, She graduated second in her class on May 31, 1946, | ||
| and the very next day, she married her sweetheart, Jack Brown; they | ||
| were blessed with a daughter, Jackie Darlene; for many years, | ||
| Mrs. Brown did factory work, and she was later employed in sales at | ||
| the Do-All Shop in Waxahachie until her retirement; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A lifelong Baptist, Mrs. Brown attended the Cowboy | ||
| Church of Ellis County; today, she resides with her daughter, and | ||
| she also enjoys spending time with her grandson, John Wray, his | ||
| wife, Michele, and her great-grandchildren, Morgan and Patrick; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Doris Jean Brown has witnessed a panorama of change | ||
| over the course of nine decades, and she has met life's challenges | ||
| and opportunities with dignity and grace, earning the deep | ||
| admiration of all who are privileged to know her; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby congratulate Doris Jean Brown on the joyous | ||
| occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere best wishes | ||
| for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mrs. Brown as an expression of high regard by the Texas | ||
| House of Representatives. | ||
| Wray | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 660 was adopted by the House on March | ||
| 21, 2019, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
