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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Jeremy Davis Brown of Austin, who died on September 9, |
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2014, at the age of 43; and |
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WHEREAS, Jeremy Brown was born on January 31, 1971, at the |
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Keesler Air Force Base Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Debra |
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and David Brown; he grew up in Mississippi and in his early years |
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lived in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and Odessa, before graduating |
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from high school in Bellaire, Texas, in 1989; and |
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WHEREAS, For more than 10 years, Mr. Brown worked as a |
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private investigator in Houston; in 1997, he received a bachelor's |
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degree in government from The University of Texas at Austin, and he |
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went on to earn his law degree at South Texas College of Law in |
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Houston; he was admitted to the bar in 2006 and opened his own |
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family law practice in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Brown spent as much time as he could pursuing an |
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active life out-of-doors, fishing along the Texas Coast and hunting |
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in South and West Texas; he was devoted to his three Labrador |
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retrievers, and he loved everything about Texas, from the history |
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and the landscape, to its music and its people; and |
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WHEREAS, Although his life ended far too soon, Jeremy Brown |
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will forever be remembered by his loved ones and his friends for his |
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kindness, his warmth, and his concern for others; now, therefore, |
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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 Jeremy Davis Brown |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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mother, Debra Clark Eckel; to his father, Marshall Davis Brown Jr.; |
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to his maternal grandmother, Zoe Clark; to his stepmother, Jo Robin |
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Brown; to his stepfather, Floyd Eckel; to his brothers, Nicholas |
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Eckel, Robert Lee Brown, and William Price Brown; to his sisters, |
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Elizabeth Cathleen Brown, Jessica Eckel Blad, and Kathryn Eckel; to |
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his aunt, Ronda Clark Barnett; and to his 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 his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jeremy |
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Brown. |
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Davis of Harris |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1692 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on April 23, 2015. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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