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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A life made rich through meaningful service drew to |
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| 6 | 7 | | a close when Cora Brown of Lamesa passed away on December 14, 2014, |
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| 7 | 8 | | at the age of 64; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The former Cora Ivory was born on June 14, 1950, in |
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| 9 | 10 | | Plainview to Henry and Willie Mae Ivory; the family moved to |
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| 10 | 11 | | Quitaque, and she graduated from Silverton High School before going |
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| 11 | 12 | | on to receive a degree in criminal justice from Wayland Baptist |
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| 12 | 13 | | University; she further pursued her education at Sam Houston State |
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| 13 | 14 | | University, where she graduated in the inaugural class of the Bill |
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| 14 | 15 | | Blackwood Law Enforcement Management Institute of Texas; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, In October 1974, Ms. Brown became the first woman to |
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| 16 | 17 | | be sworn in as an officer of the Plainview Police Department; she |
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| 17 | 18 | | was also the first female officer hired by the Lamesa Police |
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| 18 | 19 | | Department, and from August 1975 to January 1986, she served as a |
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| 19 | 20 | | juvenile officer and investigator; she then worked as a criminal |
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| 20 | 21 | | investigator and victim's witness coordinator for the 106th |
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| 21 | 22 | | Judicial District Attorney's Office until December 1996; for the |
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| 22 | 23 | | past 17 years, she had worked as the director of the Dawson County |
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| 23 | 24 | | Senior Center; and |
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| 24 | 25 | | WHEREAS, In addition to her outstanding career in law |
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| 25 | 26 | | enforcement, Ms. Brown dedicated a great deal of time and energy to |
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| 26 | 27 | | volunteer work; she served for 27 years as a member and a president |
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| 27 | 28 | | of the Lamesa Independent School District board, and she was active |
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| 28 | 29 | | with many other groups, including the local Dawson County United |
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| 29 | 30 | | Way, the Lamesa Boys and Girls Club, and West Texas Opportunities, |
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| 30 | 31 | | Inc.; for the past 15 years, she had also served as pastor of Mount |
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| 31 | 32 | | Olive Baptist Church in Lamesa; and |
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| 32 | 33 | | WHEREAS, Ms. Brown and her husband, Charlie, enjoyed a |
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| 33 | 34 | | rewarding marriage of nearly four decades, and they became the |
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| 34 | 35 | | proud parents of four children, Geoffrey, Ebony, Pamela, and Joe; |
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| 35 | 36 | | and |
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| 36 | 37 | | WHEREAS, Devoted to her family and community, Cora Brown will |
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| 37 | 38 | | be deeply missed, and her leadership, strength of character, and |
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| 38 | 39 | | generosity of spirit will forever inspire all those who had the good |
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| 39 | 40 | | fortune to know her; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 41 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 41 | 42 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Cora Brown and |
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| 42 | 43 | | extend sincere sympathy to the members of her family: to her |
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| 43 | 44 | | husband, Charlie Brown; to her daughters, Ebony Benton and her |
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| 44 | 45 | | husband, Al, and Pamela McDonald; to her son, Joe Williams; to her |
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| 45 | 46 | | granddaughter, Elizabeth Newsome; to her six grandchildren and her |
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| 46 | 47 | | three great-grandchildren; to her sisters, Ella Oliver, Nellie |
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| 47 | 48 | | Polley and her husband, Oliver Roberts, Kathryn Davis and her |
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| 48 | 49 | | husband, Charles, Henrietta Scoggins and her husband, Finis, and |
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| 49 | 50 | | Dixie Carol Clark and her husband, Jerry; to her brothers, Joshua |
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| 50 | 51 | | Ivory, Billy Ivory and his wife, Linda, Phineas L. Ivory and his |
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| 51 | 52 | | wife, Marguerite, and Clarence E. Ivory; and to her other relatives |
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| 52 | 53 | | and many friends; and, be it further |
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| 53 | 54 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 54 | 55 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 55 | 56 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Cora Brown. |
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