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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family, friends, and citizens of Trinity County are |
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mourning the loss of Sheriff Brent Lee, who died in the line of duty |
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on November 27, 2008, at the age of 58; and |
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WHEREAS, Sheriff Lee was responding to a call early |
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Thanksgiving morning when his car was involved in a one-vehicle |
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accident in heavy fog; and |
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WHEREAS, Brent Lee was born in Crockett to Dovie Mae and Dick |
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Lee on October 11, 1950; his father served as Trinity County sheriff |
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from 1966 to 1972, and he nurtured a lifelong dream of following in |
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his father's footsteps; and |
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WHEREAS, During his career in law enforcement, Brent Lee |
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worked as a state corrections officer and as a member of the |
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Livingston Police Department; he retired from the Texas Alcoholic |
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Beverage Commission with the rank of lieutenant after three decades |
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of service; and |
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WHEREAS, A resident of Trinity County for the past seven |
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years, he had been appointed sheriff in June 2008 and had won |
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election to the post in the general election in November; Sheriff |
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Lee was due to start his first full term on January 1, 2009; and |
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WHEREAS, With the love and support of his family, Brent Lee |
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dedicated himself to preserving the peace and protecting the people |
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of his community, and he carried out his duties with compassion, a |
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spirit of cooperation, and a keen sense of justice; this greatly |
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esteemed Texan will be forever remembered with deep appreciation by |
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the citizens he served and with profound affection by all who shared |
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in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sheriff Brent Lee and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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wife, Elizabeth Ann Avery Lee; to his daughters, Lisa Mullins and |
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her husband, James, and Patricia Gee and her husband, Anthony; to |
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his son, Steven Lee, Jr., and his wife, Chandra; to his brothers, |
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Charles M. Lee, Jr., and Bennie L. Lee and his wife, Linda; to his |
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grandchildren, Cade and Cael Mullins, Rachel and Sydney Gee, and |
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Hayden and Abby Lee; and to his many other relatives and friends; |
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and, 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 Brent Lee. |