| |
| |
|
|
R E S O L U T I O N
|
|
|
WHEREAS, All who shared in the life of Charlotte Han Sharp of |
|
|
College Station were deeply saddened by her passing on December 15, |
|
|
2020, at the age of 67; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, The former Charlotte Han was born in Temple on |
|
|
August 20, 1953, to Robert and Millicent Han, and she grew up in |
|
|
Austin with two brothers, Robert and Hampden; she majored in |
|
|
textiles and clothing at The University of Texas at Austin and |
|
|
graduated in 1977 with a home economics degree; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, In 1978, she exchanged wedding vows with John Sharp, |
|
|
and the couple shared a rewarding marriage of more than four |
|
|
decades; they became the parents of two children, Spencer and |
|
|
Victoria, and later welcomed two granddaughters, Simone and Freya, |
|
|
into their family; throughout her husband's service as state |
|
|
representative, state senator, state comptroller, railroad |
|
|
commissioner, and Texas A&M University System chancellor, |
|
|
Ms. Sharp was a close partner and supporter; in the 1990s, the |
|
|
couple worked with United Jewish Appeal to relocate hundreds of |
|
|
Jewish families from Russia to Israel; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Guided by her faith, Ms. Sharp was a cofounder of |
|
|
St. Gabriel's Catholic School in Austin and an active member of |
|
|
St. Mary's Catholic Center in College Station, where she worked |
|
|
with youth; an admired philanthropist, she focused on helping women |
|
|
and children through her many community and humanitarian efforts, |
|
|
and she raised funds for such organizations as Texas Children's |
|
|
Hospital and the Dell Children's Medical Center; as the honorary |
|
|
chair of the 2015 Magnolia Tea, she assisted in raising a record |
|
|
amount of scholarship money for Texas A&M medical students; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Ms. Sharp was also involved with the Junior League |
|
|
of Victoria, the Junior League of Austin, the Woman's Club of |
|
|
Bryan-College Station, and the National Charity League; she served |
|
|
on the board of the Ronald McDonald House Charities of Central Texas |
|
|
and volunteered with Caritas of Austin and Mobile Loaves & Fishes; |
|
|
further, she belonged to the Senate Ladies Club of Texas and the |
|
|
Legislative Ladies Club; and |
|
|
WHEREAS, Charlotte Sharp possessed a generosity of spirit |
|
|
that expressed itself in myriad ways, and she enriched the lives of |
|
|
countless people with her many good works; now, therefore, be it |
|
|
RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
|
|
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Charlotte Han Sharp |
|
|
and extend sincere condolences to the members of her family: to her |
|
|
husband, the Honorable John Sharp; to her children, Spencer and |
|
|
Victoria; to her daughter-in-law, Brigitte; to her granddaughters, |
|
|
Simone and Freya; to her brother, Robert Dale Han Jr.; and to her |
|
|
other relatives and many friends; and, be it further |
|
|
RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
|
|
prepared for her family and that when the Texas House of |
|
|
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Charlotte |
|
|
Sharp. |