81R600 MDM-D
By: Hilderbran H.R. No. 15
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close when Leona
Marie Brock of Kerrville died on October 4, 2007, at the age of 72;
and
WHEREAS, Born in Crosbyton on November 21, 1934, to W. R. and
Leona Easter Dunlap, Leona Marie Dunlap graduated with the Class of
1952 from Ralls High School, where she was named to the All-District
girls' basketball team; and
WHEREAS, She married Harold Brock on December 18, 1953, at a
ceremony held at the First United Methodist Church in Crosbyton,
and the couple shared many happy times until Mr. Brock's passing in
2006; over the course of their marriage, Mr. and Mrs. Brock farmed
and ranched together in Lockney, owned and operated a cattle
feedlot, and a swine operation, and managed ranches in Kerr and
Mitchell Counties; and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Brock served as secretary of the First United
Methodist Church of Lockney and later belonged to the Kerrville
First United Methodist Church, where she sang with the choir; she
was a member of the Texas Farm Bureau and the Republican Women of
Kerr County and a former candidate for county commissioner; and
WHEREAS, Leona Brock touched the lives of countless people
during her years on this earth, and she will forever hold a
treasured place in the hearts of her family and friends; now,
therefore, be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
Legislature hereby honor the memory of Leona Marie Brock and extend
sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her children,
Richard Harold Brock and his wife, Anne, and Leona Carol Brock
Norfleet; to her grandchildren, William Richard Brock, Elizabeth
Anne Brock, Catherine Marie Brock, and Jamie Carol Norfleet; to her
brothers, Roy Dunlap and his wife, Riley, and Frank Dunlap and his
wife, Lila; to her sister, Willie Ruth Butler; and to her other
relatives and many friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Leona Marie
Brock.