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REFERENCE TITLE: death resolution; Honorable Jack Brown |
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State of Arizona House of Representatives Fifty-second Legislature Second Regular Session 2016
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Introduced by Representatives McCune Davis, Allen J, Alston, Andrade, Barton, Benally, Bolding, Borrelli, Bowers, Boyer, Cardenas, Clark, Espinoza, Fann, Fernandez, Finchem, Gowan, Hale, Kopec, Larkin, Meyer, Otondo, Plumlee, Rios, Robson, Saldate, Stevens, Thorpe, Wheeler, Senators Allen S, Bradley, Cajero Bedford, Contreras, Dalessandro, Driggs, Farley, Griffin, Hobbs, Kavanagh, Lesko, McGuire, Miranda, Pancrazi, Quezada, Sherwood, Worsley, Yarbrough, Yee: Representatives Ackerley, Campbell, Carter, Cobb, Coleman, Farnsworth E, Friese, Gabaldón, Gonzales, Gray, Kern, Lawrence, Leach, Livingston, Lovas, Mach, Mendez, Mesnard, Mitchell, Montenegro, Norgaard, Olson, Petersen, Pratt, Rivero, Shope, Townsend, Ugenti-Rita, Velasquez, Weninger, Senators Barto, Begay, Biggs, Burges, Dial, Donahue, Meza, Pierce, Shooter, Smith
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A CONCURRENT RESOLUTION
on the death of the honorable Jack A. Brown.
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The Honorable Jack A. Brown passed away on October 28, 2015 at the age of eighty-six.
Born in St. Johns, Arizona on May 2, 1929, Jack Brown was one of eight children of Joseph Albert Brown and Elda Whiting. A fourth-generation Arizonan, he lived nearly all of his life in St. Johns, leaving this community only to attend college at Brigham Young University, where he studied agriculture and economics, and to complete his mission in Brazil for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He was blessed to live a long and full life doing what he loved: ranching, farming and raising a family.
Jack Brown served in the Arizona State Legislature for more than thirty-six years as a "cowboy legislator." He was revered for his humor, wit, integrity and congeniality, which enabled him to effectively bridge partisan differences and earned him the respect and admiration of his peers on both sides of the political aisle. During his tenure, he served as the Senate Floor Leader, Senate Minority Leader and House Minority Leader and championed rural interests. In 2008, the Arizona Republic named him one of the "Greatest Arizona Lawmakers of the Modern Era." Throughout his decades of service, he demonstrated his pragmatic, effective, common-sense brand of political savvy and remained committed to the highest ideals of public service.
Despite his responsibilities as a rancher, legislator and family man, Jack Brown gave selflessly of his time, energy and abilities to various community organizations. He served as President of the Apache County Fair Commission and the Kiwanis Club and he was an active member of the Arizona Town Hall, Arizona Cattle Growers' Association and Arizona Farm Bureau. He also enjoyed his participation in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, serving as a missionary in Brazil from 1948 to 1951 and as a Bishop for many years.
Dedicated to his family, Jack Brown will be greatly missed by his wife of twenty-one years, Beverly Butcher Brown, his eight children, his thirty‑six grandchildren, his thirty great-grandchildren and his sister. He was preceded in death by his first wife of forty years, Anna Vee Smithson Brown.
Therefore
Be it resolved by the House of Representatives of the State of Arizona, the Senate concurring:
That the Members of the Legislature express sincere regret at the passing of the Honorable Jack A. Brown and extend their deepest sympathies to his family and friends.