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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Newspaper publisher and journalist Beverly Karen |
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Carter of Fort Bend County, who benefited her fellow citizens with |
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her devotion to the greater good, passed away on July 6, 2013, at |
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the age of 72; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to J. C. and Beatrice Carter on April 9, 1941, |
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Bev Carter grew up in Ballinger with the companionship of a younger |
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brother, Vance; she graduated from Texas Tech University and worked |
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as a teacher for more than a decade; at both Alief Hastings and |
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Elsik High Schools, she taught English and sponsored the student |
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newspaper, the drama club, and the bowling team; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Carter dreamed of owning and operating a |
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community newspaper, and in 1978, she moved to Fort Bend County |
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determined to do just that; she founded the Fort Bend Star that same |
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year with the goal of providing area residents the knowledge and |
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information needed to hold their elected officials accountable; she |
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and her staff pounded the pavement in search of news, visiting |
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government offices and beer joints alike, and their in-depth |
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reporting became a signature of the paper; and |
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WHEREAS, Renamed the Fort Bend/Southwest Star, the paper |
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established itself as an important and respected voice within the |
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county, and Ms. Carter earned numerous state and national awards |
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for her work; she and her son, Michael, started the Fort Bend |
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Business Journal in 1982, and in the early 1990s, she ventured into |
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television with the Fort Bend Community TV cable cast; her |
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daughter, Sherry, managed the station, which aired city council and |
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county commissioners court meetings; and |
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WHEREAS, Ms. Carter shared her unabashed opinions on |
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politics, current affairs, and other matters in her weekly column, |
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"Bev's Burner"; driven by a strong sense of duty to public |
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integrity, she had a no-holds-barred approach, and she remained |
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fiercely passionate about her cause; her status as a local icon |
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caught the attention of national news programs, and she was invited |
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to share her insights with the nation in interviews on 48 Hours and |
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60 Minutes; and |
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WHEREAS, Bev Carter left an unmistakable mark on Fort Bend |
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County with her energy, initiative, and bold commitment to her |
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principles, and she leaves behind a legacy that will continue to |
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resonate for many years to come; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature, 2nd Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of |
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Beverly Karen Carter and extend deepest sympathy to the members of |
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her family: to her son, Michael Fredrickson, and his wife, Lisa; to |
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her grandchildren, Kathryn, Carter, and Jack; and to her other |
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relatives and friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Beverly |
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Karen Carter. |