Bill Text: TX HR790 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of Lynda Townsend Brown of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR790 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR790-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of Lynda Townsend Brown of Austin.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-03-22 - Reported enrolled [HR790 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR790-Introduced.html
86R17057 BK-D | ||
By: Howard | H.R. No. 790 |
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and | ||
meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends | ||
of Lynda Townsend Brown of Austin, who passed away on August 3, | ||
2018, at the age of 81; and | ||
WHEREAS, Lynda Brown, who was affectionately called "Lynda | ||
Honey," was born in Bell County on July 29, 1937; she graduated in | ||
1955 from Salado High School, where she was a star player on the | ||
girls' basketball team; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Brown moved to Austin in 1957 and pursued a | ||
varied career in banking, business, politics, and real estate; | ||
after serving on the campaign that led to the election of President | ||
George H. W. Bush in 1988, she worked with Representative Tom | ||
Craddick to establish the House Republican Caucus and was selected | ||
to serve as its first director during the 71st Legislative Session; | ||
she later held the position of support services manager for the | ||
House Property Department; in the mid-1990s, she turned her focus | ||
to her real estate business and eventually retired as one of the | ||
most successful agents in Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Brown enjoyed the love and | ||
support of her husband, J. Tim Brown, and she took great pride in | ||
her children, Regan, Mindy, Tracy, and Kevin, and her stepchildren, | ||
Scott, Amy, Susan, and David; and | ||
WHEREAS, Blessed with a warm, gregarious personality, | ||
Ms. Brown had a contagious smile and laugh and a natural ability to | ||
put others at ease; she was sustained by a strong faith, which | ||
endowed her with grace and resilience as she coped with daunting | ||
health struggles; through it all, she was fiercely devoted to her | ||
children and grandchildren, supporting them when they competed in | ||
baseball, basketball, and other sports and traveling across the | ||
country to cheer them on from the sidelines at marathons; and | ||
WHEREAS, Although she is deeply missed, Lynda Brown | ||
immeasurably enriched the lives of all who were fortunate enough to | ||
know her, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lynda Townsend | ||
Brown and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to | ||
her husband, J. Tim Brown; to her children, Regan Ellmer and JoAnn | ||
Dalrymple, Mindy Ellmer and Charlie Geren, Tracy Townsend, and | ||
Kevin and Angie Guess; to her stepchildren, Scott and Sherri Brown, | ||
Amy and Jody McKenzie, Susan Nolley, and David and Cara Brown; to | ||
her brother, Lane Townsend, and his wife, Carolyn; to her sister, | ||
Margie Howerton; 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 Lynda | ||
Townsend Brown. |