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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Glenda Faye Purham-Brown, the beloved mother of our |
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esteemed colleague Representative Ron Reynolds, passed away on |
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April 8, 2011, at the age of 54; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Tennessee on July 26, 1956, to Louis and Mary |
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Purham, the former Glenda Purham graduated with honors from high |
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school and went on to attend Lane College, where she earned a degree |
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in business administration in 1978; she moved to Houston four years |
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later and worked as a legal assistant and office manager at several |
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prominent law firms; and |
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WHEREAS, Intent on becoming an attorney herself, |
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Ms. Purham-Brown relocated to Atlanta, where she earned a doctor of |
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jurisprudence degree from the Atlanta Law School in 1991; she was |
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admitted to the Georgia State Bar that same year and later to the |
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United States District Court for the Northern District of Georgia; |
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after returning to Houston, she was admitted to practice before the |
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U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Texas and |
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cofounded Brown, Brown & Reynolds, one of the largest and most |
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successful minority-owned law firms in the state; as one of the |
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firm's three name partners, she worked alongside her husband, |
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Conrell Brown, and her son, Ron Reynolds, and focused her practice |
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on social security disability; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Purham-Brown served her professional community |
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as a member of the Gate City Bar Association, the National Bar |
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Association, the National Organization of Social Security Claims |
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Representatives, the American Bar Association, and the Houston |
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Lawyers Association; moreover, she was an active member of the Beta |
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Epsilon Omega Chapter of Alpha Kappa Alpha, a service organization |
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that encourages the empowerment of women and advocates for basic |
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human rights; and |
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WHEREAS, In her free time, Ms. Purham-Brown found pleasure in |
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gourmet cooking and hosting gatherings of her family, which, in |
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addition to her husband and her son Ron, included her son Chris, her |
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daughter-in-law, Jonita, and her granddaughter, Lacey; a woman of |
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deep faith, she also drew support from her fellow congregants at |
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Brookhollow Baptist Church and found great joy in helping others; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Glenda Purham-Brown was a woman of strength and |
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compassion whose belief in overcoming injustice through faith, |
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education, and determination will long inspire all those who had |
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the good fortune to share in her life; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Glenda Faye |
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Purham-Brown and extend sincere sympathy to her family: to her |
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husband, Conrell Brown; to her sons, Ronald Reynolds II and his |
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wife, Dr. Jonita Reynolds, and Christopher Brown; to her |
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granddaughter, Lacey Reynolds; to her parents, the Reverend Louis |
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Purham and Mary Purham; to her brothers, the Reverend Aaron |
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L. Purham and his wife, Deborah, the Reverend Reginald Purham and |
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his wife, Corrie, and Sidney Purham; to her sisters, Patricia |
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A. Baldwin, Antoinette Windham and her husband, Audrey, and Arnita |
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F. Lovett and her husband, Sam; to her godchildren, Morgan Miller, |
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Ryian Reed, Vaughn Veal, and Haven Williams; to her niece and |
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closest friend, Marceil Veal; and to her many other relatives and |
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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 Glenda |
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Purham-Brown. |
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Miles |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1510 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 5, 2011. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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