Bill Text: TX HR186 | 2023-2024 | 88th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Charles Emmett Cheever Jr. of San Antonio.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2023-03-10 - Reported enrolled [HR186 Detail]
Download: Texas-2023-HR186-Enrolled.html
| H.R. No. 186 | ||
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| WHEREAS, Charles Emmett Cheever Jr. of San Antonio, an | ||
| esteemed Texan and friend to many, passed away on October 29, 2021, | ||
| at the age of 93; and | ||
| WHEREAS, The son of Charles E. Cheever Sr. and Elizabeth | ||
| Daley Cheever, Charlie Cheever was born on May 17, 1928, on an army | ||
| base in Manila, Philippines; he graduated from the U.S. Military | ||
| Academy at West Point in 1949 and went on to serve as a pilot | ||
| instructor in the U.S. Air Force and as a lieutenant colonel in the | ||
| Air Force Reserve; in 1957, he graduated from The University of | ||
| Texas School of Law; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Cheever subsequently joined his father at | ||
| Broadway Bank, first serving as vice president and later as | ||
| president and as chairman and CEO; following his retirement in | ||
| 2005, he was named chairman emeritus; over the course of his career, | ||
| he guided the bank through an economic recession and played an | ||
| instrumental role in a number of innovations that helped the | ||
| institution to become the largest independently owned bank in San | ||
| Antonio; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Active in his community, Mr. Cheever held | ||
| leadership positions with a number of civic and professional | ||
| organizations, including the San Fernando Cathedral Restoration | ||
| Project, the Challenger Learning Center at San Antonio College, the | ||
| Texas Bankers Association, and the Bexar County Hospital District; | ||
| additionally, he was a founding co-chair of the San Antonio | ||
| Education Partnership and trustee emeritus of the University of the | ||
| Incarnate Word; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Mr. Cheever and his first wife, Sally, shared more | ||
| than five decades together before her passing; fortunate enough to | ||
| find love again, he wed Nancy Jones Shary in 2005; the devoted | ||
| father of 6 children, Suzanne, Cece, Jean, Joan, Charlie, and | ||
| Christopher, he later welcomed into his family 9 grandchildren, | ||
| Sara, Carrie, Cy, Kate, Daley, Austin, Helen, Hope, and Emmett, and | ||
| 10 great-grandchildren; a man of deep faith, he was a valued | ||
| congregant of St. Anthony de Padua Catholic Church; and | ||
| WHEREAS, Charlie Cheever lived a life that was rich in | ||
| personal and professional achievements, and he will forever be a | ||
| source of inspiration to those he leaves behind; now, therefore, be | ||
| it | ||
| RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas | ||
| Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Charles Emmett | ||
| Cheever Jr. and extend sincere condolences to all who mourn his | ||
| passing; 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 Charlie | ||
| Cheever. | ||
| Lopez of Bexar | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Speaker of the House | ||
| I certify that H.R. No. 186 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
| rising vote of the House on March 8, 2023. | ||
| ______________________________ | ||
| Chief Clerk of the House | ||
