Bill Text: TX HR38 | 2023 | 88th Legislature 3rd Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: Congratulating Rose Brooks of San Marcos on her 90th birthday.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-10-17 - Reported enrolled [HR38 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR38-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 38 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Rose Brooks of San Marcos celebrated her 90th | ||
| birthday on August 18, 2023, to the great delight of her family and | ||
| friends; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Born in the rural community of Redwood in 1933, the | ||
| former Rose Lee Kirk is the daughter of Clint and Sophronia Kirk; | ||
| she grew up with six siblings, Clint, Wilbert, Wallace, Roy, Earl, | ||
| and Linda; when she was eight, her parents moved from their farm to | ||
| San Marcos in order to provide the children with a better education; | ||
| she attended what was known as San Marcos Colored School during | ||
| segregation and went on to become her family's first college | ||
| graduate; working her way through Huston-Tillotson University, she | ||
| earned a bachelor's degree in business; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mrs. Brooks taught at People's Business College | ||
| before embarking on a career in social services, initially with | ||
| Community Action, an agency created as part of President Lyndon | ||
| Baines Johnson's War on Poverty; as an outreach worker, she | ||
| connected people in need with important resources; later, she | ||
| joined Gary Job Corps Center and battled gender discrimination in | ||
| order to become a supervisor; she retired in 2000, following more | ||
| than three decades of service; over the years, she has further | ||
| benefited her fellow citizens as a member of the housing board and | ||
| various municipal committees, as well as such organizations as the | ||
| NAACP, the Women's Political Caucus, and the San Marcos Education | ||
| Foundation; she has also been very active in the Democratic Party, | ||
| serving as a precinct chair and delegate to state and national | ||
| conventions; a strong champion of education, she established a | ||
| scholarship program that has flourished for nearly a half century, | ||
| supported by a popular Juneteenth cake auction; her many honors | ||
| include the San Marcos Community Senior Citizen Volunteer Award; | ||
| and | ||
| WHEREAS, Having reached a significant milestone, this | ||
| admired matriarch may indeed reflect with pride on her many | ||
| accomplishments and wide-ranging contributions to her community; | ||
| now, therefore, be it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature, 3rd Called Session, hereby congratulate Rose Brooks on | ||
| the joyous occasion of her 90th birthday and extend to her sincere | ||
| best wishes for continued happiness; and, be it further | ||
| RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be | ||
| prepared for Mrs. Brooks as an expression of high regard by the | ||
| Texas House of Representatives. | ||
| Zwiener | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 38 was adopted by the House on October | ||
| 16, 2023, by a non-record vote. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
