Bill Text: TX HR1484 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of former Fort Worth Independent School District assistant athletic director Gerald Beal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-09 - Reported enrolled [HR1484 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR1484-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 1484 |
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WHEREAS, Admired Fort Worth coach and athletic administrator | ||
Gerald Beal passed away on April 15, 2011, at the age of 77, leaving | ||
his loved ones to reflect on a life that was rich in meaningful | ||
accomplishments; and | ||
WHEREAS, A native of Marshall, Mr. Beal graduated in 1954 | ||
from Bishop College where he played football and basketball; he | ||
subsequently was hired by Kirkpatrick High School in the Fort Worth | ||
Independent School District as a teacher and coach, and in both 1962 | ||
and 1963, he led the school's football team to state championships | ||
in the Prairie View Interscholastic League, what was then the | ||
state's governing body for African American high schools; to this | ||
day, Kirkpatrick's PVIL victory remains the last state-level | ||
athletic win by a school in FWISD; and | ||
WHEREAS, Coach Beal went on to serve on the faculty at I. M. | ||
Terrell High School, finishing his coaching career in 1971 with an | ||
overall record of 109 wins, 36 losses, and 2 ties, as well as the 2 | ||
state crowns; the following year, he became the district's first | ||
African American assistant athletic director, and he continued to | ||
distinguish himself in that role before retiring in 1996; his | ||
outstanding achievements in high school sports were recognized with | ||
his induction into the Texas Black Sports Hall of Fame and the Texas | ||
High School Athletic Directors Association Hall of Honor; and | ||
WHEREAS, A man of strong faith, Mr. Beal was an active member | ||
of the East St. Paul Baptist Church, where he was a deacon and a | ||
member of the choir; he was also active in his community as a member | ||
of the Optimist Club, the Ambassadors Club, and other | ||
organizations; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Beal was supported in his endeavors by his wife, | ||
the former Harlean Berry, a fellow Bishop College graduate and | ||
public school educator; the couple married in 1955 and shared more | ||
than half a century until Mrs. Beal's death in 2008; together they | ||
were blessed with two children, Ronald and Cheryl, as well as two | ||
grandchildren; and | ||
WHEREAS, Gerald Beal lived a full and generous life centered | ||
around his family, his faith, and his profession, and he will long | ||
be remembered with deep affection by all those who were privileged | ||
to know him; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Gerald Beal and | ||
extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his son, | ||
Ronald Beal; to his daughter, Cheryl Beal Anderson; to his | ||
grandchildren; 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 Gerald | ||
Beal. | ||
Veasey | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 1484 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 5, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||