SLS 20RS-660 ORIGINAL
2020 Regular Session
SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 8
BY SENATOR BOUDREAUX
CONDOLENCES. Expresses condolences on the passing of Roy Edward Brown.
1 A RESOLUTION
2 To express the sincere and heartfelt condolences of the Senate of the Legislature of
3 Louisiana upon the passing of Roy Edward Brown.
4 WHEREAS, Roy Brown was born December 28, 1940, to the late Lucien Brown Jr.
5 and Rosa Bell Brown from Broussard, Louisiana; and
6 WHEREAS, he graduated from Paul Breaux High School in Lafayette and Southern
7 University in Baton Rouge where he played college football, received a Bachelor of Arts,
8 and master's degree in social studies; and
9 WHEREAS, Roy Brown was a member of St. Joseph Catholic Church and served
10 on the church parish pastoral council in which his strong sense of what was right and wrong
11 guided him; and
12 WHEREAS, he was the recipient of the Martin Luther King Jr. Award in 2006; and
13 WHEREAS, Roy Brown departed this life on Sunday, February 23, 2020, at the age
14 of eighty, during which time he claimed his "merited crown from the Lord"; and
15 WHEREAS, Roy Brown leaves to cherish his memories his deeply devoted wife,
16 Mary Ann Brown of Broussard; a brother, Louis Brown (Frankie) of Sunset; a sister,
17 Albertha M. Matthews of Baton Rouge; one nephew, one niece, two great-nephews, five
18 great-nieces, and a host of relative and friends; and
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1 WHEREAS, he was preceded in death by his parents, Lucien and Rosa Brown, a
2 sister Rosa Mae Johnson, one nephew, and one niece; and
3 WHEREAS, Roy Brown did not want his loved ones to worry about his home going
4 because his favorite scripture, 2 Timothy 4:7-8, says, "I have fought a good fight, I have
5 finished the race, I have kept the faith. From now on a merited crown awaits me. On that
6 day, the Lord, a just judge that he is, awaits me".
7 THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED that the Senate of the Legislature of Louisiana
8 does hereby express sincere and heartfelt condolences upon the passing of a truly godly man,
9 Roy Edward Brown.
10 BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted to his
11 wife Mary Ann Brown of Broussard, Louisiana.
The original instrument and the following digest, which constitutes no part
of the legislative instrument, were prepared by Ann S. Brown.
DIGEST
SR 8 Original 2020 Regular Session Boudreaux
Expresses condolences upon the death of Roy Edward Brown.
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