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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Spencer Whitewood Brown, a retired |
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Kerr County judge and a well-respected member of the Kerrville |
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community, passed away on September 8, 2020, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in San Antonio on September 10, 1939, to Werdna |
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Burton Brown II and Lydia Whitewood Brown, Spencer Brown was a |
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third-generation resident of Kerr County; after graduating from |
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Tivy High School, he earned a degree from Rice University in 1964 |
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and his juris doctor degree from South Texas College of Law Houston |
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in 1968; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Brown went into private practice with another |
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attorney, Joe Burkett, for 9 years and then operated his own |
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practice for 13 years; he went on to serve as a municipal judge, a |
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justice of the peace, a county attorney, and an assistant district |
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attorney; in 1990, he was elected to the Kerr County Court at Law, |
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and he presided over that court, which handles divorce and other |
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family law issues, as well as juvenile, probate, and mental health |
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cases, for 24 years until his retirement in 2014; and |
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WHEREAS, Among his many achievements, Judge Brown oversaw the |
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implementation of video conferencing and other technological |
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improvements that greatly increased the efficiency of the courts; |
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his efforts helped the county clear its backlog of over 2,000 cases |
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to attain a 100 percent closure rate, and in total, he resolved more |
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than 51,000 cases during his tenure; he was also especially proud of |
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his role in creating a county collections department to ensure that |
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defendants paid fines and court costs; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Brown enjoyed a rewarding home life with his |
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wife, Scooter, and he took great pride in his children, Spencer and |
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Mary, and stepdaughter, Michele, as well as in his five grandsons |
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and great-granddaughter; he loved spending time with his family and |
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friends, some of whom he had known from his high school and college |
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days, and he was also an avid golfer; and |
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WHEREAS, Spencer Brown served his fellow Texans with |
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distinction over the course of more than a quarter century on the |
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bench, and he has left behind a legacy that will long be treasured |
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by all those who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of the Honorable |
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Spencer Whitewood Brown and extend deepest sympathy to the members |
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of his family: to his wife, Scooter Brown; to his children, Spencer |
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Whitewood Brown Jr. and his wife, Rhonda, and Mary Suzanne Mooney |
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and her husband, David; to his stepdaughter, Michele Jeanette |
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Busco; to his grandsons and great-granddaughter; to his brothers, |
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Werdna Burton Brown III and Kelby David Brown; and to his other |
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relatives and 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 Spencer |
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Brown. |
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Murr |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 1090 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 14, 2021. |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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