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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and friends |
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of Lynda Townsend Brown of Austin, who passed away on August 3, |
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2018, at the age of 81; and |
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WHEREAS, Lynda Brown, who was affectionately called "Lynda |
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Honey," was born in Bell County on July 29, 1937; she graduated in |
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1955 from Salado High School, where she was a star player on the |
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girls' basketball team; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Brown moved to Austin in 1957 and pursued a |
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varied career in banking, business, politics, and real estate; |
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after serving on the campaign that led to the election of President |
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George H. W. Bush in 1988, she worked with Representative Tom |
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Craddick to establish the House Republican Caucus and was selected |
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to serve as its first director during the 71st Legislative Session; |
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she later held the position of support services manager for the |
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House Property Department; in the mid-1990s, she turned her focus |
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to her real estate business and eventually retired as one of the |
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most successful agents in Austin; and |
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WHEREAS, In all her endeavors, Ms. Brown enjoyed the love and |
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support of her husband, J. Tim Brown, and she took great pride in |
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her children, Regan, Mindy, Tracy, and Kevin, and her stepchildren, |
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Scott, Amy, Susan, and David; and |
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WHEREAS, Blessed with a warm, gregarious personality, |
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Ms. Brown had a contagious smile and laugh and a natural ability to |
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put others at ease; she was sustained by a strong faith, which |
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endowed her with grace and resilience as she coped with daunting |
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health struggles; through it all, she was fiercely devoted to her |
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children and grandchildren, supporting them when they competed in |
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baseball, basketball, and other sports and traveling across the |
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country to cheer them on from the sidelines at marathons; and |
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WHEREAS, Although she is deeply missed, Lynda Brown |
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immeasurably enriched the lives of all who were fortunate enough to |
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know her, and they will forever hold her close in their hearts; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Lynda Townsend |
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Brown and extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to |
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her husband, J. Tim Brown; to her children, Regan Ellmer and JoAnn |
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Dalrymple, Mindy Ellmer and Charlie Geren, Tracy Townsend, and |
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Kevin and Angie Guess; to her stepchildren, Scott and Sherri Brown, |
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Amy and Jody McKenzie, Susan Nolley, and David and Cara Brown; to |
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her brother, Lane Townsend, and his wife, Carolyn; to her sister, |
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Margie Howerton; and to her many other relatives and friends; and, |
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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 Lynda |
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Townsend Brown. |