Bill Text: TX HR423 | 2015-2016 | 84th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Clyde Brady of Quitman.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-03-01 - Reported enrolled [HR423 Detail]
Download: Texas-2015-HR423-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 423 | ||
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| WHEREAS, A rich and purposeful life drew to a close with the | ||
| death of banker and community leader Clyde Brady of Quitman on | ||
| November 4, 2014, at the age of 94; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Clyde Brady was born in Winnsboro on April 18, 1920, | ||
| to Joe and Mattie Rushing Brady; after graduating from Quitman High | ||
| School, he joined the U.S. Army during World War II and served with | ||
| the 90th Infantry Division of the Third Army; he took part in the | ||
| D-Day invasion, and he was wounded while fighting 17 miles behind | ||
| German lines; he earned the Purple Heart and two Bronze Stars for | ||
| his courageous service; and | ||
| WHEREAS, After returning home, Mr. Brady was joined in | ||
| matrimony to the former Susan Stanberry in 1946, and they shared a | ||
| rewarding marriage that spanned 57 years before Mrs. Brady passed | ||
| away in 2003; the couple were the parents of three children, | ||
| Shirley, Debra, and Tom, who preceded his father in death; and | ||
| WHEREAS, In 1948, Mr. Brady took what he thought was a summer | ||
| bookkeeping job with First National Bank of Quitman, but he stayed | ||
| with the bank for his entire 40-year career, earning promotion to | ||
| vice president and cashier in 1963, winning an appointment to the | ||
| board of directors in 1967, and taking over as president in 1976, a | ||
| position he held until his retirement in 1989; and | ||
| WHEREAS, A respected figure in the Quitman area and beyond, | ||
| Mr. Brady served on the boards of the Myrtle Springs Cemetery | ||
| Association, the Federal Land Bank Association, the Texas Baptist | ||
| Children's Home, Jacksonville Baptist College, and the Wood County | ||
| Electric Cooperative; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his family and his community, | ||
| Clyde Brady made a meaningful difference in the lives of his loved | ||
| ones and fellow citizens alike, and his contributions will be | ||
| fondly remembered for years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 84th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Clyde Brady and extend | ||
| sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his daughters, | ||
| Shirley Rushing and her husband, Billy, and Debra Holcombe and her | ||
| husband, Bob; to his grandchildren, Heather Rushing Taylor and her | ||
| husband, Jeremy, Corie Rushing Littlejohn and her husband, J. B., | ||
| Brady Holcombe, Brandi Holcombe, and Britney Holcombe; to his | ||
| great-grandchildren, Jozie and Gavin Taylor and Makena, Kyler, and | ||
| Cooper Littlejohn; 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 Clyde | ||
| Brady. | ||
| Hughes | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 423 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on February 19, 2015. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
