Bill Text: TX HR1442 | 2013-2014 | 83rd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Dr. Harold Truman Baber, Jr., of Houston.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-26 - Reported enrolled [HR1442 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-HR1442-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1442 |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Harold Truman Baber, Jr., of Houston, a devoted | ||
family physician for 40 years, passed away on July 3, 2012, at the | ||
age of 69; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harold Baber was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, on | ||
October 17, 1942, to Harold Truman Baber, Sr., and Frances Baber; a | ||
graduate of Hendrix College, he earned his medical degree from the | ||
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine in | ||
1968 and completed his internship at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical | ||
Center in Houston; and | ||
WHEREAS, While serving overseas as a doctor with the United | ||
States Air Force, he met his future wife, Rosalind, a nurse, in | ||
London; the couple were married in Houston at St. Luke's United | ||
Methodist Church on December 18, 1971, and subsequently went into | ||
practice together at Houston Northwest Medical Center; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. Baber was a lifetime member and a former vice | ||
president of the Harris County Medical Society, and he led the | ||
organization's ethics committee from 1986 to 1989; he further | ||
contributed to his profession through his involvement in the | ||
American Academy of Family Physicians and the Texas Medical | ||
Association; he demonstrated great compassion toward his patients | ||
over the years, and he was deeply missed after his early retirement | ||
in 2011; and | ||
WHEREAS, An avid traveler, Dr. Baber enjoyed exploring | ||
Europe, South America, Asia, and his wife's native New Zealand, and | ||
he relished time outdoors golfing and hunting; he was a man of | ||
strong faith and a valued congregant of St. Luke's United Methodist | ||
Church for more than four decades; he and his wife were blessed with | ||
two children, Jonathan and Roseanna, as well as a granddaughter, | ||
Isabelle; and | ||
WHEREAS, Harold Baber made a positive difference in the lives | ||
of numerous people, and those he leaves behind will forever cherish | ||
their memories of this kind and caring man; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Harold Truman | ||
Baber, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his | ||
family: to his wife, Rosalind Baber; to his children, Jonathan | ||
Baber and Roseanna Baber Hill and her husband, Jason; to his | ||
granddaughter, Isabelle Hill; to his mother, Frances Louise Spivey | ||
Baber; to his sister, Helen Dunn; and to his other relatives and | ||
friends; 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. Harold | ||
Truman Baber, Jr. | ||
Harless | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1442 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on April 24, 2013. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||