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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close when Leona |
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Marie Brock of Kerrville died on October 4, 2007, at the age of 72; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Crosbyton on November 21, 1934, to W. R. and |
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Leona Easter Dunlap, Leona Marie Dunlap graduated with the Class of |
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1952 from Ralls High School, where she was named to the All-District |
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girls' basketball team; and |
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WHEREAS, She married Harold Brock on December 18, 1953, at a |
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ceremony held at the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton, |
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and the couple shared many happy times until Mr. Brock's passing in |
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2006; over the course of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Brock farmed |
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and ranched together in Lockney, owned and operated a cattle |
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feedlot, and a swine operation, and managed ranches in Kerr and |
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Mitchell Counties; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Brock served as secretary of the First United |
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Methodist Church of Lockney and later belonged to the Kerrville |
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First United Methodist Church, where she sang with the choir; she |
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was a member of the Texas Farm Bureau and the Republican Women of |
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Kerr County and a former candidate for county commissioner; and |
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WHEREAS, Leona Brock touched the lives of countless people |
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during her years on this earth, and she will forever hold a |
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treasured place in the hearts of her family and friends; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby honor the memory of Leona Marie Brock and extend |
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sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her children, |
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Richard Harold Brock and his wife, Anne, and Leona Carol Brock |
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Norfleet; to her grandchildren, William Richard Brock, Elizabeth |
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Anne Brock, Catherine Marie Brock, and Jamie Carol Norfleet; to her |
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brothers, Roy Dunlap and his wife, Riley, and Frank Dunlap and his |
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wife, Lila; to her sister, Willie Ruth Butler; and to her other |
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relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Leona Marie |
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Brock. |