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| 4 | 5 | | R E S O L U T I O N |
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| 5 | 6 | | WHEREAS, Residents of Calhoun County lost an admired public |
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| 6 | 7 | | servant and a friend to many with the passing of former Port Lavaca |
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| 7 | 8 | | mayor Ida Mae Browning on April 8, 2019, at the age of 91; and |
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| 8 | 9 | | WHEREAS, The daughter of Lee and Mary Birmingham, the former |
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| 9 | 10 | | "Tiney" Birmingham was born in Port Lavaca on June 28, 1927, and |
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| 10 | 11 | | grew up with four siblings, Roemer, Leslie, Dempsey, and Lorraine; |
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| 11 | 12 | | early in her career, she worked at Bauer Dredging as an executive |
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| 12 | 13 | | secretary and supervisor of accounting before leaving to care for |
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| 13 | 14 | | her ailing mother; she was later employed as an executive secretary |
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| 14 | | - | at First State Bank and Gary Aircraft; in 1964, she married |
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| 15 | | - | B. |
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| 16 | | - | B. Browning, and they became the parents of a daughter, Tanya, |
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| 17 | | - | and a son, Bryan; through the years, she welcomed into her treasured |
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| 15 | + | at First State Bank and Gary Aircraft; in 1964, she married B. B. |
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| 16 | + | Browning, and they became the parents of a daughter, Tanya, and a |
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| 17 | + | son, Bryan; through the years, she welcomed into her treasured |
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| 18 | 18 | | family nine grandchildren, and she helped raise two of them; she was |
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| 19 | 19 | | further blessed with four great-grandchildren; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, Mrs. Browning became the first woman elected to the |
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| 21 | 21 | | Port Lavaca City Council, and after serving for 10 years, she became |
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| 22 | 22 | | the city's first female mayor; over the course of an administration |
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| 23 | 23 | | that spanned a decade, she worked tirelessly for infrastructure |
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| 24 | 24 | | improvements, including the mitigation of erosion, the |
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| 25 | 25 | | construction of the fishing pier, and the development of the iconic |
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| 26 | 26 | | Lighthouse Beach; and |
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| 27 | 27 | | WHEREAS, After leaving office in 2000, Mrs. Browning |
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| 28 | 28 | | continued to benefit her fellow citizens as a member of the city |
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| 29 | 29 | | planning commission, the Calhoun County Senior Citizens |
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| 30 | 30 | | Association Board, and the board of the Sunlight Girls Club; in |
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| 31 | 31 | | addition, she was a Boy Scout den mother, a member of Beta Sigma Phi |
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| 32 | 32 | | Sorority, and a lifetime member of the Calhoun County Fair |
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| 33 | 33 | | Association; the recipient of numerous honors, she was presented |
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| 34 | 34 | | with the key to the city on her 90th birthday, and she was named |
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| 35 | 35 | | Mother of the Year by Governor Ann Richards; and |
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| 36 | 36 | | WHEREAS, Diligent, kind, and vivacious, Tiney Browning |
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| 37 | 37 | | earned the admiration and affection of all who were fortunate |
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| 38 | 38 | | enough to know her, and her outstanding contributions to Port |
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| 39 | 39 | | Lavaca will be remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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| 40 | 40 | | RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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| 41 | 41 | | Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable Ida Mae |
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| 42 | 42 | | "Tiney" Browning and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn |
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| 43 | 43 | | her passing; and, be it further |
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| 44 | 44 | | RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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| 45 | 45 | | prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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| 46 | 46 | | Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ida Mae |
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| 47 | 47 | | "Tiney" Browning. |
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