By:  Montford                                          S.R. No. 874
    1-1                           SENATE RESOLUTION
    1-2                               In Memory
    1-3                                  of
    1-4                         William Wallace Brown
    1-5        WHEREAS, The Senate of Texas notes with sadness the passing of
    1-6  William Wallace "Coach" Brown at age 86, and wishes to extend to
    1-7  his family and to the community of Lubbock condolences on the loss
    1-8  of this worthy gentleman; and
    1-9        WHEREAS, Wallace Brown was born July 29, 1908, in Dothan,
   1-10  Alabama, and he was in the right time and the right place and
   1-11  possessed the ability to play for the University of Alabama from
   1-12  1927 to 1930, a glory year in which the undefeated Crimson Tide
   1-13  rolled on to the 1931 Rose Bowl; and
   1-14        WHEREAS, A man of unswerving ability and integrity, Mr. Brown
   1-15  went on to coach football at Alabama's Dothan High School for nine
   1-16  years before the outbreak of the World War II, when he served in
   1-17  the United States Army Air Corps; and
   1-18        WHEREAS, After his discharge, from 1946 to 1949, he worked as
   1-19  an assistant football coach and trainer at Texas Tech University,
   1-20  where he met his wife, Flossie Burkholder, and the couple was
   1-21  married on November 25, 1948; during the following years Mr. Brown
   1-22  demonstrated his ability to take on new challenges by obtaining a
   1-23  master's degree in business administration from Texas Tech University;
    2-1  and
    2-2        WHEREAS, He then focused on what would become his life's work,
    2-3  and in 1948 he founded Brown's Sport Shop, which became an integral
    2-4  part of the community; and
    2-5        WHEREAS, The outgoing and cooperative spirit of this highly
    2-6  respected gentleman found expression in his many community groups,
    2-7  and he belonged to the Downtown Lions Club, Westminster Presbyterian
    2-8  Church, the Texas Tech Ex-Students Association, and the Red Raider
    2-9  Club, and as well, he was an honorary member of the Texas Tech
   2-10  Lettermen's Association; and he retired from his shop in 1978 and
   2-11  devoted more time to leisure and to community service; and
   2-12        WHEREAS, This devoted husband, athlete, and businessman will
   2-13  be sorely missed; now, therefore, be it
   2-14        RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas,
   2-15  74th Legislature, hereby extend heartfelt sympathy to his beloved
   2-16  wife, Mrs. Flossie Burkholder Brown; and, be it further
   2-17        RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for
   2-18  Mrs. Brown as an expression of deepest sympathy from the
   2-19  Texas Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it
   2-20  do so in memory of William Wallace Brown.
   2-21                               ______________________________________
   2-22                                      President of the Senate
   2-23                                    I hereby certify that the above
   2-24                               Resolution was adopted by the Senate
   2-25                               on May 1, 1995, by a rising vote.
    3-1                               ______________________________________
    3-2                                      Secretary of the Senate
    3-3                               ______________________________________
    3-4                                        Member, Texas Senate