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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Ralph Kilpatrick Cox Brown of Houston, who passed away on |
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February 25, 2013, at the age of 61; and |
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WHEREAS, Ralph Brown was born in Beaumont on June 28, 1951, to |
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Ralph and Peggy Cox, and after the death of his father, he took the |
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surname of his stepfather, Glenn Brown; he attended Washington and |
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Lee High School in Virginia, where he excelled in track and field, |
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and went on to earn a bachelor's degree in economics from The |
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University of Texas at Austin; he remained a loyal Longhorn |
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supporter throughout his life; and |
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WHEREAS, A senior account manager with Cummins Allison, |
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Mr. Brown won the company's Century Club award; he was also an |
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active member of St. Thomas More Catholic Church, and he taught |
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RCIA, served as an Extraordinary Minister of Holy Communion, and |
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participated in the ACTS programs; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Brown belonged to the Baronial Order of Magna |
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Charta, whose members are descendants of one of the original 25 |
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Sureties; he was deeply proud of his heritage, and his ancestors |
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include Presidents John and John Quincy Adams, the Delano family, |
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and three Pilgrim families who arrived on the Mayflower; and |
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WHEREAS, Above all else, Mr. Brown was devoted to his wife, |
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the former Susan Permetti Howard, whom he met through his |
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involvement in the St. Thomas More community, and to his children, |
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Neal, Karis, and Annemarie; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for his generosity, strength of character, |
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and delightful sense of humor, Ralph Brown lived a caring and |
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purposeful life, and he will forever hold a special place in the |
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hearts of all who had the good fortune to know him; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Ralph Kilpatrick |
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Cox Brown and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Susan Brown; to his children, Neal Brown, Karis Crain |
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and her husband, Aaron, and Annemarie Howard; to his mother, Peggy |
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Brown; to his sisters, Peggy Gunter, Kathryn Colby Smith, and Missy |
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Gannaway and her husband, Steve; to his brothers, Michael Brown and |
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Glenn Brown, Jr.; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it |
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further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Ralph |
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Kilpatrick Cox Brown. |