TITLE: Honoring Johnny Mac and Jeanne Brown of Wellman for the establishment of the Remember Alex Brown Foundation.

SUMMARY: Honoring Johnny Mac and Jeanne Brown of Wellman for the establishment of the Remember Alex Brown Foundation.

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WHEREAS, Honoring the memory of a young Texan who lost her life in a senseless tragedy, the Remember Alex Brown Foundation works to raise awareness about the dangers of texting while driving; and WHEREAS, In November 2009, Alex Brown, a senior at Seagraves High School, lost control of her pickup truck when she was texting and died as a result of the injuries she sustained in the accident; and WHEREAS, This vivacious 17-year-old was a straight-A student and a member of FFA and the basketball team; she also sang soprano and served as the Seagraves Eagles student mascot; and WHEREAS, In memory of their daughter, Johnny Mac and Jeanne Brown of Wellman created the Remember Alex Brown Foundation, and they travel to high schools across the Lone Star State with the wreckage of their daughter's truck, urging young people to pledge not to text while driving; and WHEREAS, Mr. and Mrs. Brown and their youngest daughter, Katrina, have also been featured on the ABC television program Extreme Makeover: Home Edition;this national exposure has helped to take their anti-texting campaign to countless individuals across the country; and WHEREAS, Through their vital work with the Remember Alex Brown Foundation, the Browns are selflessly sharing the story of their heartbreaking loss to help save the lives of other young people; now, therefore, be it RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas Legislature hereby honor Johnny Mac and Jeanne Brown for their establishment of the Remember Alex Brown Foundation in memory of their beloved daughter and extend to them sincere best wishes for continued success with spreading their important message; and, be it further RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be prepared for Mr. and Mrs. Brown as an expression of high regard by the Texas House of Representatives. Landtroop Perry Straus Gonzales of Williamson Morrison Aliseda Gonzalez Munoz, Jr. Allen Gooden Murphy Alonzo Guillen Naishtat Alvarado Gutierrez Nash Anchia Hamilton Oliveira Anderson of Dallas Hancock Orr Anderson of McLennan Hardcastle Otto Aycock Harless Parker Beck Harper-Brown Patrick Berman Hartnett Paxton Bohac Hernandez Luna Pena Bonnen Hilderbran Perry Branch Hochberg Phillips Brown Hopson Pickett Burkett Howard of Fort Bend Pitts Burnam Howard of Travis Price Button Huberty Quintanilla Cain Hughes Raymond Callegari Hunter Reynolds Carter Isaac Riddle Castro Jackson Ritter Chisum Johnson Rodriguez Christian Keffer Schwertner Coleman King of Parker Scott Cook King of Taylor Sheets Craddick King of Zavala Sheffield Creighton Kleinschmidt Shelton Crownover Kolkhorst Simpson Darby Kuempel Smith of Harris Davis of Dallas Landtroop Smith of Tarrant J. Davis of Harris Larson Smithee S. Davis of Harris Laubenberg Solomons Deshotel Lavender Strama Driver Legler Taylor of Collin Dukes Lewis Taylor of Galveston Dutton Lozano Thompson Eiland Lucio III Torres Eissler Lyne Truitt Elkins Madden Turner Farias Mallory Caraway Veasey Farrar Margo Villarreal Fletcher Marquez Vo Flynn Martinez Walle Frullo Martinez Fischer Weber Gallego McClendon White Garza Menendez Woolley Geren Miles Workman Giddings Miller of Comal Zedler Gonzales of Hidalgo Miller of Erath Zerwas Speaker of the House I certify that H.R. No. 681 was adopted by the House on March 9, 2011, by a non-record vote. Chief Clerk of the House