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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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a close when Cora Brown of Lamesa passed away on December 14, 2014, |
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at the age of 64; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Cora Ivory was born on June 14, 1950, in |
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Plainview to Henry and Willie Mae Ivory; the family moved to |
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Quitaque, and she graduated from Silverton High School before going |
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on to receive a degree in criminal justice from Wayland Baptist |
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University; she further pursued her education at Sam Houston State |
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University, where she graduated in the inaugural class of the Bill |
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Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, In October 1974, Ms. Brown became the first woman to |
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be sworn in as an officer of the Plainview Police Department; she |
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was also the first female officer hired by the Lamesa Police |
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Department, and from August 1975 to January 1986, she served as a |
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juvenile officer and investigator; she then worked as a criminal |
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investigator and victim's witness coordinator for the 106th |
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Judicial District Attorney's Office until December 1996; for the |
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past 17 years, she had worked as the director of the Dawson County |
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Senior Center; and |
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WHEREAS, In addition to her outstanding career in law |
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enforcement, Ms. Brown dedicated a great deal of time and energy to |
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volunteer work; she served for 27 years as a member and a president |
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of the Lamesa Independent School District board, and she was active |
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with many other groups, including the local Dawson County United |
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Way, the Lamesa Boys and Girls Club, and West Texas Opportunities, |
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Inc.; for the past 15 years, she had also served as pastor of Mount |
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Olive Baptist Church in Lamesa; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Brown and her husband, Charlie, enjoyed a |
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rewarding marriage of nearly four decades, and they became the |
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proud parents of four children, Geoffrey, Ebony, Pamela, and Joe; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Devoted to her family and community, Cora Brown will |
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be deeply missed, and her leadership, strength of character, and |
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generosity of spirit will forever inspire all those who had the good |
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fortune to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Cora Brown and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Charlie Brown; to her daughters, Ebony Benton and her |
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husband, Al, and Pamela McDonald; to her son, Joe Williams; to her |
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granddaughter, Elizabeth Newsome; to her six grandchildren and her |
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three great-grandchildren; to her sisters, Ella Oliver, Nellie |
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Polley and her husband, Oliver Roberts, Kathryn Davis and her |
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husband, Charles, Henrietta Scoggins and her husband, Finis, and |
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Dixie Carol Clark and her husband, Jerry; to her brothers, Joshua |
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Ivory, Billy Ivory and his wife, Linda, Phineas L. Ivory and his |
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wife, Marguerite, and Clarence E. Ivory; and to her other relatives |
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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 Cora Brown. |