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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 the Reverend Dr. Aristide Brown Sr., who died on |
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September 12, 2021, at the age of 91; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Fred and Queen Brown, Aristide Brown was |
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born in New Orleans on July 18, 1930, and grew up in Batchelor, |
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Louisiana, with seven siblings, Douglas, Lucile, Larence, |
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Roseleone, Arthur, John, and Mildred; in 1953, he enlisted in the |
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U.S. Army, and over the course of a military career that spanned two |
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decades, he served in the Korean and Vietnam Wars and earned the |
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Bronze Star and five Good Conduct Medals; after retiring in 1973, he |
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worked in the civil service and taught at St. Philip's College in |
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San Antonio before becoming a full-time pastor; and |
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WHEREAS, While still in the army, Dr. Brown received the call |
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to preach, and he first served as a pastor at Fort Leonard Wood, |
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Missouri, before becoming assistant pastor at St. Stephens Baptist |
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Church in San Antonio; from 1972 to 2005, he was pastor of Tree |
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Mount Temple Missionary Baptist Church in San Antonio, and in 1989, |
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he earned a doctorate from Guadalupe Baptist Theological Seminary; |
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in 2006, he became pastor of Anointed Rock Baptist Church and helped |
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oversee the congregation's merger with his former church to become |
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Anointed Greater Tree Mount Temple Missionary Baptist Church in |
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2010; he ultimately retired from ministry in 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Brown married the former Mary Jane Young in |
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1953, and the couple shared a rewarding union that spanned 68 years; |
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he was the proud father of five children, Gregory, Ray, Michael, |
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Aristide, and the late Linda Queen Brown Hatch, and with the passing |
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years, he welcomed into his family nine grandchildren, Robert, |
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Natasha, Lauren, Ray, Tremond, Spencer, Mychael, Aristide, and |
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Angelo, and numerous great-grandchildren; and |
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WHEREAS, Aristide Brown lived a rich and purposeful life |
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dedicated to his family, his faith, and his nation, and he leaves |
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behind a legacy of service that will continue to inspire all those |
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who knew and loved him; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the memory |
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of the Reverend Dr. Aristide Brown Sr. and extend sincere |
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condolences to the members of his family and to his many friends; |
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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 Aristide |
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Brown. |