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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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death of banker and community leader Clyde Brady of Quitman on |
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November 4, 2014, at the age of 94; and |
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WHEREAS, Clyde Brady was born in Winnsboro on April 18, 1920, |
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to Joe and Mattie Rushing Brady; after graduating from Quitman High |
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School, he joined the U.S. Army during World War II and served with |
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the 90th Infantry Division of the Third Army; he took part in the |
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D-Day invasion, and he was wounded while fighting 17 miles behind |
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German lines; he earned the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars for |
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his courageous service; and |
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WHEREAS, After returning home, Mr. Brady was joined in |
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matrimony to the former Susan Stanberry in 1946, and they shared a |
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rewarding marriage that spanned 57 years before Mrs. Brady passed |
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away in 2003; the couple were the parents of three children, |
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Shirley, Debra, and Tom, who preceded his father in death; and |
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WHEREAS, In 1948, Mr. Brady took what he thought was a summer |
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bookkeeping job with First National Bank of Quitman, but he stayed |
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with the bank for his entire 40-year career, earning promotion to |
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vice president and cashier in 1963, winning an appointment to the |
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board of directors in 1967, and taking over as president in 1976, a |
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position he held until his retirement in 1989; and |
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WHEREAS, A respected figure in the Quitman area and beyond, |
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Mr. Brady served on the boards of the Myrtle Springs Cemetery |
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Association, the Federal Land Bank Association, the Texas Baptist |
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Children's Home, Jacksonville Baptist College, and the Wood County |
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Electric Cooperative; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family and his community, |
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Clyde Brady made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved |
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ones and fellow citizens alike, and his contributions will be |
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fondly remembered for years to come; 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 life of Clyde Brady and extend |
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sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his daughters, |
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Shirley Rushing and her husband, Billy, and Debra Holcombe and her |
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husband, Bob; to his grandchildren, Heather Rushing Taylor and her |
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husband, Jeremy, Corie Rushing Littlejohn and her husband, J. B., |
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Brady Holcombe, Brandi Holcombe, and Britney Holcombe; to his |
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great-grandchildren, Jozie and Gavin Taylor and Makena, Kyler, and |
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Cooper Littlejohn; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be |
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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 Clyde |
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Brady. |