| 1 | 1 | | H.R. No. 482 |
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| 4 | 4 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 5 | | WHEREAS, Family, friends, and citizens of Trinity County are |
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| 6 | 6 | | mourning the loss of Sheriff Brent Lee, who died in the line of duty |
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| 7 | 7 | | on November 27, 2008, at the age of 58; and |
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| 8 | 8 | | WHEREAS, Sheriff Lee was responding to a call early |
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| 9 | 9 | | Thanksgiving morning when his car was involved in a one-vehicle |
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| 10 | 10 | | accident in heavy fog; and |
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| 11 | 11 | | WHEREAS, Brent Lee was born in Crockett to Dovie Mae and Dick |
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| 12 | 12 | | Lee on October 11, 1950; his father served as Trinity County sheriff |
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| 13 | 13 | | from 1966 to 1972, and he nurtured a lifelong dream of following in |
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| 14 | 14 | | his father's footsteps; and |
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| 15 | 15 | | WHEREAS, During his career in law enforcement, Brent Lee |
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| 16 | 16 | | worked as a state corrections officer and as a member of the |
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| 17 | 17 | | Livingston Police Department; he retired from the Texas Alcoholic |
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| 18 | 18 | | Beverage Commission with the rank of lieutenant after three decades |
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| 19 | 19 | | of service; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, A resident of Trinity County for the past seven |
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| 21 | 21 | | years, he had been appointed sheriff in June 2008 and had won |
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| 22 | 22 | | election to the post in the general election in November; Sheriff |
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| 23 | 23 | | Lee was due to start his first full term on January 1, 2009; and |
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| 24 | 24 | | WHEREAS, With the love and support of his family, Brent Lee |
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| 25 | 25 | | dedicated himself to preserving the peace and protecting the people |
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| 26 | 26 | | of his community, and he carried out his duties with compassion, a |
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| 27 | 27 | | spirit of cooperation, and a keen sense of justice; this greatly |
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| 28 | 28 | | esteemed Texan will be forever remembered with deep appreciation by |
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| 29 | 29 | | the citizens he served and with profound affection by all who shared |
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| 30 | 30 | | in his life; now, therefore, be it |
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| 31 | 31 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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| 32 | 32 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sheriff Brent Lee and |
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| 33 | 33 | | extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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| 34 | 34 | | wife, Elizabeth Ann Avery Lee; to his daughters, Lisa Mullins and |
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| 35 | 35 | | her husband, James, and Patricia Gee and her husband, Anthony; to |
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| 36 | 36 | | his son, Steven Lee, Jr., and his wife, Chandra; to his brothers, |
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| 37 | 37 | | Charles M. Lee, Jr., and Bennie L. Lee and his wife, Linda; to his |
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| 38 | 38 | | grandchildren, Cade and Cael Mullins, Rachel and Sydney Gee, and |
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| 39 | 39 | | Hayden and Abby Lee; and to his many other relatives and friends; |
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| 40 | 40 | | and, be it further |
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| 41 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 42 | 42 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 43 | 43 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Brent Lee. |
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| 44 | 44 | | McReynolds |
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| 45 | 45 | | ______________________________ |
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| 46 | 46 | | Speaker of the House |
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| 47 | 47 | | I certify that H.R. No. 482 was unanimously adopted by a |
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| 48 | 48 | | rising vote of the House on March 5, 2009. |
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| 49 | 49 | | ______________________________ |
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| 50 | 50 | | Chief Clerk of the House |
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