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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Calhoun County lost an admired public |
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servant and a friend to many with the passing of former Port Lavaca |
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mayor Ida Mae Browning on April 8, 2019, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The daughter of Lee and Mary Birmingham, the former |
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"Tiney" Birmingham was born in Port Lavaca on June 28, 1927, and |
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grew up with four siblings, Roemer, Leslie, Dempsey, and Lorraine; |
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early in her career, she worked at Bauer Dredging as an executive |
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secretary and supervisor of accounting before leaving to care for |
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her ailing mother; she was later employed as an executive secretary |
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at First State Bank and Gary Aircraft; in 1964, she married |
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B. |
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B. Browning, and they became the parents of a daughter, Tanya, |
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and a son, Bryan; through the years, she welcomed into her treasured |
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family nine grandchildren, and she helped raise two of them; she was |
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further blessed with four great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Mrs. Browning became the first woman elected to the |
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Port Lavaca City Council, and after serving for 10 years, she became |
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the city's first female mayor; over the course of an administration |
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that spanned a decade, she worked tirelessly for infrastructure |
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improvements, including the mitigation of erosion, the |
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construction of the fishing pier, and the development of the iconic |
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Lighthouse Beach; and |
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WHEREAS, After leaving office in 2000, Mrs. Browning |
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continued to benefit her fellow citizens as a member of the city |
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planning commission, the Calhoun County Senior Citizens |
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Association Board, and the board of the Sunlight Girls Club; in |
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addition, she was a Boy Scout den mother, a member of Beta Sigma Phi |
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Sorority, and a lifetime member of the Calhoun County Fair |
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Association; the recipient of numerous honors, she was presented |
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with the key to the city on her 90th birthday, and she was named |
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Mother of the Year by Governor Ann Richards; and |
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WHEREAS, Diligent, kind, and vivacious, Tiney Browning |
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earned the admiration and affection of all who were fortunate |
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enough to know her, and her outstanding contributions to Port |
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Lavaca will be remembered for years to come; now, 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 life of the Honorable Ida Mae |
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"Tiney" Browning and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn |
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her passing; 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 Ida Mae |
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"Tiney" Browning. |
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Morrison |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1314 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 3, 2019. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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