H.R. No. 1692
R E S O L U T I O N
WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their
memories of Jeremy Davis Brown of Austin, who died on September 9,
2014, at the age of 43; and
WHEREAS, Jeremy Brown was born on January 31, 1971, at the
Keesler Air Force Base Hospital in Biloxi, Mississippi, to Debra
and David Brown; he grew up in Mississippi and in his early years
lived in Salt Lake City, Las Vegas, and Odessa, before graduating
from high school in Bellaire, Texas, in 1989; and
WHEREAS, For more than 10 years, Mr. Brown worked as a
private investigator in Houston; in 1997, he received a bachelor's
degree in government from The University of Texas at Austin, and he
went on to earn his law degree at South Texas College of Law in
Houston; he was admitted to the bar in 2006 and opened his own
family law practice in Austin; and
WHEREAS, Mr. Brown spent as much time as he could pursuing an
active life out-of-doors, fishing along the Texas Coast and hunting
in South and West Texas; he was devoted to his three Labrador
retrievers, and he loved everything about Texas, from the history
and the landscape, to its music and its people; and
WHEREAS, Although his life ended far too soon, Jeremy Brown
will forever be remembered by his loved ones and his friends for his
kindness, his warmth, and his concern for others; now, therefore,
be it
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Jeremy Davis Brown
and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his
mother, Debra Clark Eckel; to his father, Marshall Davis Brown Jr.;
to his maternal grandmother, Zoe Clark; to his stepmother, Jo Robin
Brown; to his stepfather, Floyd Eckel; to his brothers, Nicholas
Eckel, Robert Lee Brown, and William Price Brown; to his sisters,
Elizabeth Cathleen Brown, Jessica Eckel Blad, and Kathryn Eckel; to
his aunt, Ronda Clark Barnett; and to his other relatives and
friends; and, be it further
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Jeremy
Brown.
Davis of Harris
______________________________
Speaker of the House
I certify that H.R. No. 1692 was unanimously adopted by a
rising vote of the House on April 23, 2015.
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Chief Clerk of the House