In memory of Eva Marie Coe of Tyler.

89(R) SR 401 - Enrolled version - Bill Text

SENATE RESOLUTION NO. 401

In Memory

of

Eva Marie Coe

WHEREAS, The passing of Eva Marie Coe of Tyler on

February 18, 2025, at the age of 56, concluded a remarkable life

of service in the ministry; and

WHEREAS, The former "Eve" Alvarez was born in Napoleon,

Ohio, on August 6, 1968, to Leonel and Eva Alvarez, and she grew

up with six siblings; she was born again at the age of 17, and she

went on to marry the love of her life and her ministry partner,

Jeremy Coe; over the course of a fulfilling marriage spanning 26

years, the couple raised four children, Casandra, Brenton,

Jeremy, and Raquel; they also experienced the joy of welcoming

six grandchildren into their treasured family; and

WHEREAS, After traveling full time for about a decade,

Mrs. Coe and her husband moved to Henderson, where they founded

the nondenominational Just As You Are Church in 2001; the couple

relocated their ministry to Tyler as Real Life Church in 2013,

and three years later, they sold their church building to focus

on prison ministry; in 2021, Mr. and Mrs. Coe launched
Real Talk
,

a weekly radio program for prisoners that aired in Texas, New

Mexico, Oklahoma, and Louisiana; it expanded and became
Real Vida

TV
in 2023, producing audio and video podcasts for viewers both

inside and outside of prison walls; the program has since reached

millions of prisoners in every state and countless fans around

the world; affectionately known as "Mama Eve, the mother of all

prisoners," Mrs. Coe served for more than 35 years in the

ministry, speaking and singing in English and Spanish at

churches, prisons, and schools on three continents; and

WHEREAS, An engaged citizen and an admired spiritual

leader, Eve Coe leaves behind a legacy that will long be

remembered by all those who were blessed to know her; now,

therefore, be it

RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 89th

Legislature, hereby pay tribute to the memory of Eva Marie Coe and

extend deepest condolences to the members of her family: to her

husband, Jeremy Daniel Coe; to her children, Casandra Grace

Aguilar and her fiancé, Zach Gerken, Brenton Lee Coe, Jeremy

Daniel Coe II and his wife, Sarah, and Raquel Belen Coe; to her

grandchildren, Mitchell, Natalie, Josiah, Jocelyn, Damon, and

Navaeh; to her father, Leonel Alvarez; to her mother, Eva Torres

Alvarez; to her siblings, Jane Rosario and her husband, Sullivan,

Richard Alvarez, Maria Alvarez and her husband, Frank Azok, Alice

Bower, Bertha Valenti and her husband, Sam, and Leonel Alvarez Jr.

and his wife, Natalie; and to her many other relatives and friends;

and, be it further

RESOLVED, That an official copy of this Resolution be

prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns

this day, it do so in memory of Eve Coe.

Hughes

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President of the Senate

I hereby certify that the

above Resolution was adopted by

the Senate on April 14, 2025, by a

rising vote.

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Secretary of the Senate

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Member, Texas Senate