Bill Text: TX SR17 | 2013 | 83rd Legislature 1st Special Session | Enrolled
Bill Title: In memory of Harry Leon McBeth.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-06-06 - Reported enrolled [SR17 Detail]
Download: Texas-2013-SR17-Enrolled.html
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In Memory | ||
of | ||
Harry Leon McBeth | ||
WHEREAS, The Senate of the State of Texas honors and | ||
commemorates the life of Harry Leon McBeth, who died April 29, | ||
2013, at the age of 81; and | ||
WHEREAS, Born in Rotan and raised in Plainview, Harry | ||
McBeth was a man of deep faith, and that faith became his lifetime | ||
calling; he graduated from Wayland Baptist University and earned | ||
a master of divinity and a doctor of theology degree from | ||
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in Fort Worth; and | ||
WHEREAS, His affinity for the seminary led into a lengthy | ||
career; he joined the faculty of Southwestern Baptist | ||
Theological Seminary in 1960 and eventually became chair of its | ||
Christian History Department; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. McBeth was a renowned and widely published | ||
scholar and historian; he wrote nine books, and he received | ||
numerous awards for his contributions to the history of Baptists | ||
in Texas; he had recently been honored with a Festschrift titled | ||
Turning Points in Baptist History, in homage to his contributions | ||
to the denomination; and | ||
WHEREAS, Dr. McBeth was also highly respected for his | ||
teaching, through which he had a positive influence on the lives | ||
of hundreds of future church leaders; and | ||
WHEREAS, He was also a devoted husband and father, and his | ||
steadfast faith, his generosity of spirit, and his love for | ||
humanity inspired and enriched his family; he will long be | ||
remembered and his memory will forever be cherished by his wife, | ||
Thelma, and his children and extended family and friends; now, | ||
therefore, be it | ||
RESOLVED, That the Senate of the State of Texas, 83rd | ||
Legislature, 1st Called Session, hereby extend sincere | ||
condolences to the bereaved family of Harry Leon McBeth; and, be | ||
it further | ||
RESOLVED, That a copy of this Resolution be prepared for | ||
his family as an expression of deepest sympathy from the Texas | ||
Senate, and that when the Senate adjourns this day, it do so in | ||
memory of Dr. Harry McBeth. | ||
Davis | ||
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President of the Senate | ||
I hereby certify that the | ||
above Resolution was adopted by | ||
the Senate on June 6, 2013, by a | ||
rising vote. | ||
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Secretary of the Senate | ||
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Member, Texas Senate |