Bill Text: TX HR1313 | 2019-2020 | 86th Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Thomas Lee Charlton of Fort Worth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-05-06 - Reported enrolled [HR1313 Detail]
Download: Texas-2019-HR1313-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1313 |
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life well lived remain to comfort the | ||
family and friends of Dr. Thomas Lee Charlton of Fort Worth, who | ||
passed away on January 25, 2019, at the age of 82; and | ||
WHEREAS, Tom Charlton was born in Helena, Arkansas, on | ||
December 18, 1936, to Marie Zola Broussard and Thomas Ogden | ||
Charlton; he moved with his family to Beaumont, Texas, at an early | ||
age and graduated from Beaumont High School in 1955; although he | ||
initially planned to become a physician, he was inspired to change | ||
majors by his history professors at Baylor University, whom he | ||
admired deeply, and he earned his degree in history and sociology in | ||
1959; he went on to complete his master's degree and Ph.D. at The | ||
University of Texas at Austin; and | ||
WHEREAS, After teaching for eight years at San Antonio | ||
College, Dr. Charlton joined the faculty at Baylor in 1970 as a | ||
member of the history department; he also served the university as | ||
director of The Texas Collection library and became founding | ||
director of the Institute for Oral History; in 1993, he | ||
transitioned into academic administration, spending a decade in the | ||
Office of the Provost before returning to lead The Texas Collection | ||
from 2003 until his retirement in 2010; over the years, he conducted | ||
hundreds of interviews in his efforts to document oral history, and | ||
he passed the tradition on to thousands of Baylor students and | ||
community historians; he served as president of the Oral History | ||
Association and as founding president of the Texas Oral History | ||
Association, which named its Lifetime Achievement Award in his | ||
honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Charlton shared a rewarding marriage of more | ||
than 30 years with Rebecca Sharpless, whom he wed in 1988; he was | ||
the proud father of two sons, John and Richard, and with the passing | ||
years, he experienced the joy of welcoming into his family five | ||
granddaughters, Nicole, Elizabeth, Brooke, Sarah, and Hannah; he | ||
was an active member of Trinity Baptist Church in San Antonio and | ||
Lake Shore Baptist Church in Waco, which he served in many | ||
capacities; in his leisure time, he enjoyed traveling, photography, | ||
and playing tennis, and he enthusiastically supported Baylor Bears | ||
athletics; and | ||
WHEREAS, An esteemed member of his profession and a man of | ||
great warmth, kindness, and generosity, Dr. Tom Charlton will be | ||
profoundly missed by all who were privileged to know him, and they | ||
will forever carry his memory close in their hearts; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Thomas Lee | ||
Charlton and extend sincere sympathy to those 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 Dr. Thomas | ||
Lee Charlton. | ||
Kacal | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1313 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 3, 2019. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||