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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Everett Brown Neptune, Jr., the longtime athletic |
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director for the Eanes Independent School District and Westlake |
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High School, passed away on June 22, 2012, at the age of 73; and |
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WHEREAS, "Ebbie" Neptune was born in Okmulgee, Oklahoma, on |
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May 14, 1939, to Everett and Virginia Neptune; in 1948, he moved |
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with his family to Sweeny, where he became a star player and captain |
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on the Sweeny High School football team; following his 1957 |
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graduation, he attended Texas Lutheran College on a football |
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scholarship, earning all-America honors as a tight end; and |
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WHEREAS, Coach Neptune worked as an assistant coach in La |
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Feria and Pleasanton and then helped Coach Kenneth Dabbs guide |
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Sweeny High to the 1966 University Interscholastic League 2A state |
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championship; in 1969, he joined Coach Dabbs in a move to Westlake |
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High to establish the school's new football program; and |
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WHEREAS, After serving as offensive line coach and offensive |
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coordinator there, Coach Neptune held jobs in Bay City and Round |
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Rock before returning to Westlake in 1982 as head coach and athletic |
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director of the school; he went on to lead the Chaps to three |
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playoff appearances and was twice named Central Texas Coach of the |
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Year by the Austin American-Statesman; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1987, Coach Neptune became the first full-time |
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athletic director of both Westlake High and the Eanes Independent |
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School District; he remained in that post for 22 years, during which |
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time Westlake High won 19 state championships as well as the 2002 |
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UIL Lone Star Cup; Coach Neptune was inducted into the Texas High |
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School Athletic Directors Association Hall of Honor in 2004, and |
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the Eanes ISD School Board immortalized his contributions by naming |
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the football stadium Ebbie Neptune Field; and |
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WHEREAS, Among the numerous accolades bestowed on Coach |
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Neptune was the Texas Lutheran Fighting Heart Award, which was |
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later renamed in his honor as the Ebbie Neptune Fighting Heart |
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Award, and he was also recognized by the Greater Austin Chapter of |
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the National Football Foundation and College Hall of Fame; and |
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WHEREAS, He further distinguished himself as a devoted family |
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man to his wife, the former Mary Sue Pinckney, whom he met while in |
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college, as well as their two daughters, Rebecca and Elizabeth; |
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over the years, he delighted in welcoming six grandchildren and |
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three great-grandchildren into his life, and he took great pleasure |
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in supporting their involvement in sports; and |
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WHEREAS, A towering figure in the history of Westlake High |
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School athletics, Ebbie Neptune was devoted to his students, his |
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community, and his loved ones, and he will forever be remembered |
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with great admiration and affection by all who were privileged to |
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know him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Everett Brown |
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Neptune, Jr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife of 52 years, Mary Sue Neptune; to his daughters, |
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Rebecca Gibson and her husband, Scott, and Elizabeth Dodge and her |
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husband, Todd; to his grandchildren, Amanda Gahan and her husband, |
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Brian, Allison Schmid and her husband, William, Everett and Grant |
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Gibson, and Todd and Molly Dodge; to his great-grandchildren, Luke |
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and Audrey Gahan and Benjamin Schmid; to his sisters, Linda Smith |
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and Diane Krafka; and to his many other relatives and friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ebbie |
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Neptune. |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 814 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on March 20, 2013. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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