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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Dr. Harold Truman Baber, Jr., of Houston, a devoted |
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family physician for 40 years, passed away on July 3, 2012, at the |
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age of 69; and |
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WHEREAS, Harold Baber was born in El Dorado, Arkansas, on |
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October 17, 1942, to Harold Truman Baber, Sr., and Frances Baber; a |
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graduate of Hendrix College, he earned his medical degree from the |
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University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences College of Medicine in |
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1968 and completed his internship at Memorial Hermann-Texas Medical |
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Center in Houston; and |
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WHEREAS, While serving overseas as a doctor with the United |
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States Air Force, he met his future wife, Rosalind, a nurse, in |
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London; the couple were married in Houston at St. Luke's United |
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Methodist Church on December 18, 1971, and subsequently went into |
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practice together at Houston Northwest Medical Center; and |
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WHEREAS, Dr. Baber was a lifetime member and a former vice |
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president of the Harris County Medical Society, and he led the |
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organization's ethics committee from 1986 to 1989; he further |
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contributed to his profession through his involvement in the |
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American Academy of Family Physicians and the Texas Medical |
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Association; he demonstrated great compassion toward his patients |
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over the years, and he was deeply missed after his early retirement |
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in 2011; and |
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WHEREAS, An avid traveler, Dr. Baber enjoyed exploring |
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Europe, South America, Asia, and his wife's native New Zealand, and |
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he relished time outdoors golfing and hunting; he was a man of |
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strong faith and a valued congregant of St. Luke's United Methodist |
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Church for more than four decades; he and his wife were blessed with |
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two children, Jonathan and Roseanna, as well as a granddaughter, |
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Isabelle; and |
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WHEREAS, Harold Baber made a positive difference in the lives |
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of numerous people, and those he leaves behind will forever cherish |
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their memories of this kind and caring man; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 83rd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Dr. Harold Truman |
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Baber, Jr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his |
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family: to his wife, Rosalind Baber; to his children, Jonathan |
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Baber and Roseanna Baber Hill and her husband, Jason; to his |
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granddaughter, Isabelle Hill; to his mother, Frances Louise Spivey |
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Baber; to his sister, Helen Dunn; and to his other relatives and |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Dr. Harold |
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Truman Baber, Jr. |