Bill Text: TX HR2150 | 2011-2012 | 82nd Legislature | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Thomas Patton Alexander, Sr., of Pearland.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2011-05-30 - Reported enrolled [HR2150 Detail]
Download: Texas-2011-HR2150-Enrolled.html
H.R. No. 2150 |
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WHEREAS, The citizens of Pearland and Brazoria County lost a | ||
devoted community leader with the passing of Thomas Patton | ||
Alexander, Sr., on September 26, 2010, at the age of 83; and | ||
WHEREAS, Tom Alexander was born in Galveston on December 29, | ||
1926, to Charles Hansborough and Helen Drysdale Alexander; he | ||
attended Alvin schools before serving in the U.S. Merchant Marine | ||
from 1944 to 1946; he later studied at Shriner Institute, Texas A&M | ||
University, and Baylor University; and | ||
WHEREAS, Settling in Pearland in 1949, Mr. Alexander began a | ||
long and successful career in business, working in real estate, the | ||
petroleum industry, and rice farming; he helped to develop the | ||
Golfcrest Country Club and the city's Nottingham and Alexander | ||
Landing neighborhoods; and | ||
WHEREAS, This esteemed gentleman further contributed to the | ||
area as a signer of the city's charter in the 1950s and as an | ||
original member of the Pearland City Council and the Pearland | ||
Volunteer Fire Department; in addition, his leadership benefited | ||
the Pearland Chamber of Commerce, the Golfcrest Country Club, the | ||
Pearland YMCA, and the Pearland State Bank, which he served as a | ||
board member for 40 years; and | ||
WHEREAS, In his leisure time, Mr. Alexander was an avid | ||
baseball fan who supported the Pearland Little League and followed | ||
the fortunes of the Houston Astros; and | ||
WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander enjoyed the love and support of his | ||
wife, the former Bettye Garrett Mathis, whom he married in the late | ||
1940s; together they shared a fulfilling marriage and were blessed | ||
with four children, Harriett, Cynthia, Diana, and Thomas, as well | ||
as seven grandchildren and seven great-grandchildren; Mr. | ||
Alexander was a member of Pearland Methodist Church; and | ||
WHEREAS, Tom Alexander dedicated his life to the betterment | ||
of Pearland, and he will forever be remembered for his outstanding | ||
efforts in behalf of his fellow residents; now, therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas | ||
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Thomas Patton | ||
Alexander, Sr., and extend sincere condolences to the members of | ||
his family: to his wife, Bettye Alexander; to his children, | ||
Harriett Alexander Holmes and her husband, Allen, Cynthia Elizabeth | ||
Alexander, Diana Alexander Holzhauser and her husband, Dennis, and | ||
Thomas Patton Alexander, Jr., and his wife, Rosslyn; to his | ||
grandchildren, Marylyn Reed, Alex Holmes, Amy Williams, Jason | ||
Alexander, Sloan Speck, Kevin Alexander, and Harrison Speck; to his | ||
great-grandchildren, Luke Holmes, Henry Holmes, Samuel Williams, | ||
Nicholas Hubbard, Chase Alexander, Kiley Alexander, and Luke | ||
Alexander; to his brother, Jud Alexander; to his sisters, Mary | ||
Alexander Bartlett, Sue Alexander Morrison, Patricia Alexander | ||
Wood, and Elizabeth Alexander Nisbet; 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 Thomas | ||
Patton Alexander, Sr. | ||
Weber | ||
Bonnen | ||
______________________________ | ||
Speaker of the House | ||
I certify that H.R. No. 2150 was unanimously adopted by a | ||
rising vote of the House on May 26, 2011. | ||
______________________________ | ||
Chief Clerk of the House | ||