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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the |
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| 6 | 7 | | death of banker and community leader Clyde Brady of Quitman on |
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| 7 | 8 | | November 4, 2014, at the age of 94; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Brady was born in Winnsboro on April 18, 1920, |
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| 9 | 10 | | to Joe and Mattie Rushing Brady; after graduating from Quitman High |
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| 10 | 11 | | School, he joined the U.S. Army during World War II and served with |
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| 11 | 12 | | the 90th Infantry Division of the Third Army; he took part in the |
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| 12 | 13 | | D-Day invasion, and he was wounded while fighting 17 miles behind |
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| 13 | 14 | | German lines; he earned the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars for |
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| 14 | 15 | | his courageous service; and |
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| 15 | 16 | | WHEREAS, After returning home, Mr. Brady was joined in |
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| 16 | 17 | | matrimony to the former Susan Stanberry in 1946, and they shared a |
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| 17 | 18 | | rewarding marriage that spanned 57 years before Mrs. Brady passed |
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| 18 | 19 | | away in 2003; the couple were the parents of three children, |
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| 19 | 20 | | Shirley, Debra, and Tom, who preceded his father in death; and |
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| 20 | 21 | | WHEREAS, In 1948, Mr. Brady took what he thought was a summer |
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| 21 | 22 | | bookkeeping job with First National Bank of Quitman, but he stayed |
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| 22 | 23 | | with the bank for his entire 40-year career, earning promotion to |
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| 23 | 24 | | vice president and cashier in 1963, winning an appointment to the |
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| 24 | 25 | | board of directors in 1967, and taking over as president in 1976, a |
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| 25 | 26 | | position he held until his retirement in 1989; and |
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| 26 | 27 | | WHEREAS, A respected figure in the Quitman area and beyond, |
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| 27 | 28 | | Mr. Brady served on the boards of the Myrtle Springs Cemetery |
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| 28 | 29 | | Association, the Federal Land Bank Association, the Texas Baptist |
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| 29 | 30 | | Children's Home, Jacksonville Baptist College, and the Wood County |
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| 30 | 31 | | Electric Cooperative; and |
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| 31 | 32 | | WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family and his community, |
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| 32 | 33 | | Clyde Brady made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved |
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| 33 | 34 | | ones and fellow citizens alike, and his contributions will be |
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| 34 | 35 | | fondly remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 36 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas |
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| 36 | 37 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Clyde Brady and extend |
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| 37 | 38 | | sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his daughters, |
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| 38 | 39 | | Shirley Rushing and her husband, Billy, and Debra Holcombe and her |
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| 39 | 40 | | husband, Bob; to his grandchildren, Heather Rushing Taylor and her |
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| 40 | 41 | | husband, Jeremy, Corie Rushing Littlejohn and her husband, J. B., |
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| 41 | 42 | | Brady Holcombe, Brandi Holcombe, and Britney Holcombe; to his |
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| 42 | 43 | | great-grandchildren, Jozie and Gavin Taylor and Makena, Kyler, and |
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| 43 | 44 | | Cooper Littlejohn; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be |
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| 44 | 45 | | it further |
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| 45 | 46 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 46 | 47 | | prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 47 | 48 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Clyde |
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| 48 | 49 | | Brady. |
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