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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Brewster County lost a beloved neighbor |
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and friend with the passing of Mary Linn Brown Reider on December |
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21, 2008, at the age of 84; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to George Augustus Brown and Augusta Linn Brown |
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on March 10, 1924, in Alpine, Mary Linn Brown grew up on the |
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Haley-Brown Ranch at the foot of Cathedral Mountain, south of town; |
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affectionately known as "Mimze" to her family and friends, she |
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enjoyed the companionship of two brothers, John and George, and |
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three sisters, Margaret, Catherine, and Josephine; and |
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WHEREAS, A gifted dancer, she moved to New York City and |
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performed professionally with the New York City Ballet, working |
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with famed choreographer George Balanchine and the company's first |
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prima ballerina, Maria Tallchief; she also had the opportunity to |
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appear in several films; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Reider and her husband, the actor Edward |
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"Eddie" Reider, were married in 1949; she lived in Los Angeles for a |
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number of years before returning to the family ranch in 1968; and |
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WHEREAS, Mary Linn Reider lived a rewarding life that was |
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rich in family, friends, and meaningful artistic accomplishments, |
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and she will forever hold a treasured place in the hearts of her |
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loved ones; 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 Mary Linn Brown Reider |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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daughter and son, Tracey and John Reider; to her grandchildren, |
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Yesenia Linn and Jeremy Bogart Reider, Kent Edward Becker, and Paul |
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Becker IV; to her siblings, Margaret Anne DeBarbrie and John Andrew |
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Brown; to her niece and nephews, Mary Anne DeBarbrie, Thomas |
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Mathews, and Kelli and Jim Brown; to her great-nephews, Charles |
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Mathews and Connor Brown; and to her 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 her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Mary Linn |
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Reider. |