Bill Text: TX HR116 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 2nd Special Session | Introduced
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Bill Title: In memory of the Fort Bend/Southwest Star publisher Beverly Karen Carter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-18 - Reported enrolled [HR116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR116-Introduced.html
Bill Title: In memory of the Fort Bend/Southwest Star publisher Beverly Karen Carter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-07-18 - Reported enrolled [HR116 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR116-Introduced.html
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By: Reynolds | H.R. No. 116 |
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WHEREAS, Newspaper publisher and journalist Beverly Karen | ||
Carter of Fort Bend County, who benefited her fellow citizens with | ||
her devotion to the greater good, passed away on July 6, 2013, at | ||
the age of 72; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born to J. C. and Beatrice Carter on April 9, 1941, | ||
Bev Carter grew up in Ballinger with the companionship of a younger | ||
brother, Vance; she graduated from Texas Tech University and worked | ||
as a teacher for more than a decade; at both Alief Hastings and | ||
Elsik High Schools, she taught English and sponsored the student | ||
newspaper, the drama club, and the bowling team; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Carter dreamed of owning and operating a | ||
community newspaper, and in 1978, she moved to Fort Bend County | ||
determined to do just that; she founded the Fort Bend Star that same | ||
year with the goal of providing area residents the knowledge and | ||
information needed to hold their elected officials accountable; she | ||
and her staff pounded the pavement in search of news, visiting | ||
government offices and beer joints alike, and their in-depth | ||
reporting became a signature of the paper; and | ||
WHEREAS, Renamed the Fort Bend/Southwest Star, the paper | ||
established itself as an important and respected voice within the | ||
county, and Ms. Carter earned numerous state and national awards | ||
for her work; she and her son, Michael, started the Fort Bend | ||
Business Journal in 1982, and in the early 1990s, she ventured into | ||
television with the Fort Bend Community TV cable cast; her | ||
daughter, Sherry, managed the station, which aired city council and | ||
county commissioners court meetings; and | ||
WHEREAS, Ms. Carter shared her unabashed opinions on | ||
politics, current affairs, and other matters in her weekly column, | ||
"Bev's Burner"; driven by a strong sense of duty to public | ||
integrity, she had a no-holds-barred approach, and she remained | ||
fiercely passionate about her cause; her status as a local icon | ||
caught the attention of national news programs, and she was invited | ||
to share her insights with the nation in interviews on 48 Hours and | ||
60 Minutes; and | ||
WHEREAS, Bev Carter left an unmistakable mark on Fort Bend | ||
County with her energy, initiative, and bold commitment to her | ||
principles, and she leaves behind a legacy that will continue to | ||
resonate for many years to come; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of | ||
Beverly Karen Carter and extend deepest sympathy to the members of | ||
her family: to her son, Michael Fredrickson, and his wife, Lisa; to | ||
her grandchildren, Kathryn, Carter, and Jack; and to her 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 House of | ||
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Beverly | ||
Karen Carter. |