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SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 401
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In Memory |
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Eva Marie Coe |
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WHEREAS, The passing of Eva Marie Coe of Tyler on |
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February 18, 2025, at the age of 56, concluded a remarkable life |
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of service in the ministry; and |
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WHEREAS, The former "Eve" Alvarez was born in Napoleon, |
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Ohio, on August 6, 1968, to Leonel and Eva Alvarez, and she grew |
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up with six siblings; she was born again at the age of 17, and she |
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went on to marry the love of her life and her ministry partner, |
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Jeremy Coe; over the course of a fulfilling marriage spanning 26 |
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years, the couple raised four children, Casandra, Brenton, |
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Jeremy, and Raquel; they also experienced the joy of welcoming |
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six grandchildren into their treasured family; and |
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WHEREAS, After traveling full time for about a decade, |
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Mrs. Coe and her husband moved to Henderson, where they founded |
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the nondenominational Just As You Are Church in 2001; the couple |
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relocated their ministry to Tyler as Real Life Church in 2013, |
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and three years later, they sold their church building to focus |
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on prison ministry; in 2021, Mr. and Mrs. Coe launched Real Talk, |
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a weekly radio program for prisoners that aired in Texas, New |
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Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana; it expanded and became Real Vida |
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TV in 2023, producing audio and video podcasts for viewers both |
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inside and outside of prison walls; the program has since reached |
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millions of prisoners in every state and countless fans around |
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the world; affectionately known as "Mama Eve, the mother of all |
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prisoners," Mrs. Coe served for more than 35 years in the |
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ministry, speaking and singing in English and Spanish at |
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churches, prisons, and schools on three continents; and |
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WHEREAS, An engaged citizen and an admired spiritual |
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leader, Eve Coe leaves behind a legacy that will long be |
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remembered by all those who were blessed to know her; now, |
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therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th |
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Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Eva Marie Coe and |
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extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her |
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husband, Jeremy Daniel Coe; to her children, Casandra Grace |
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Aguilar and her fiancé, Zach Gerken, Brenton Lee Coe, Jeremy |
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Daniel Coe II and his wife, Sarah, and Raquel Belen Coe; to her |
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grandchildren, Mitchell, Natalie, Josiah, Jocelyn, Damon, and |
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Navaeh; to her father, Leonel Alvarez; to her mother, Eva Torres |
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Alvarez; to her siblings, Jane Rosario and her husband, Sullivan, |
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Richard Alvarez, Maria Alvarez and her husband, Frank Azok, Alice |
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Bower, Bertha Valenti and her husband, Sam, and Leonel Alvarez Jr. |
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and his wife, Natalie; and to her many other relatives and 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 her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Eve Coe. |
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President of the Senate |
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I hereby certify that the |
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above Resolution was adopted by |
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the Senate on April 14, 2025, by a |
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rising vote. |
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Secretary of the Senate |
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Member, Texas Senate |