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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of U.S. Army Major Sid W. |
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Brookshire suffered a great loss with his death in Iraq on June 20, |
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2007, at the age of 36; and |
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WHEREAS, Assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, |
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2nd Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, out of Fort |
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Stewart, Georgia, Major Brookshire died of wounds suffered when his |
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vehicle was struck by a roadside bomb in Baghdad, Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of James Brookshire of Anahuac and the |
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grandson of former Texas county judge S. N. Brookshire, Sid |
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Brookshire was born in Honolulu on September 11, 1970; he was a |
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graduate of Willard High School and Southwest Missouri State |
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University, and in 2006, he graduated from the U.S. Army War |
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College; and |
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WHEREAS, Major Brookshire began his 14-year career in the |
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army as a member of the Missouri Army National Guard; he became a |
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commissioned officer, trained as a ranger at Fort Stewart, and was |
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serving his first deployment in Iraq; and |
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WHEREAS, Known for his warmth and kindness, Sid Brookshire |
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was devoted to his family, and in his free time, he enjoyed spending |
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time outdoors and riding his motorcycle; and |
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WHEREAS, Major Brookshire represented this country and its |
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armed forces with courage and honor, and all Americans owe him a |
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profound debt of gratitude that the passage of time can never |
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diminish; 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 U.S. Army Major Sid W. |
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Brookshire and extend sincere condolences to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Karin; to his daughters, Faith Ann and Bethany; |
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to his father, James Brookshire, and his wife, Jackie; to his |
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mother, JoBeth; to his sister, Lisa Manon, and her daughter, Alice; |
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to his stepsisters, Angelina Santa Maria, Sherry Lopez, Ronda |
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Langley, Christine Ledo, and Georgina Macala; and to his other |
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relatives and friends; 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 Sid |
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Brookshire. |