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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Residents of Bunker Hill Village lost a beloved |
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neighbor and a dedicated public servant on September 6, 2007, with |
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the passing of Mayor William Harbert Marshall, Sr., at the age of |
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62; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Marshall was born on April 9, 1945, to Carolyn |
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and Cecil Marshall in Goose Creek and earned both a bachelor's and |
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master's degree in chemical engineering from The University of |
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Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, After completing graduate school in 1970, Mr. |
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Marshall worked for Exxon USA, Woodson-Kennard Properties, and the |
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Brandt Company/TRW, Inc., where he served as vice president and |
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director of leasing; he founded Novatec Companies, a developer of |
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innovations in the oil and medical fields, in 1984; subsequently, |
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in 1997, he became the business administrator for Chapelwood United |
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Methodist Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Community involvement was a consistent feature in |
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the life of this esteemed Texan; he represented Bunker Hill Village |
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on the local board of police commissioners, served as a member of |
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the Bunker Hill Village City Council from 1991 to 1999, and held |
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the office of mayor from 1999 until his passing; a volunteer |
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baseball coach for 13 years, he also founded the Memorial High |
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School Community Network and served on the board of directors for |
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the Houston Racquet Club and the Spring Branch-Memorial Sports |
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Association, as well as on the administrative board for Chapelwood |
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UMC; and |
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WHEREAS, Mayor Marshall's civic engagement garnered him a |
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number of awards; he was named Hometown Hero by Time Warner Cable in |
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1996, given the Texas Association of Partners in Education Adult |
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Volunteer of the Year award in 2003, and honored by the Boys and |
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Girls Clubs of America in 2007 for his role in establishing the |
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Spring Branch Family Development Center; moreover, he was named an |
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honorary lifetime member of the Texas Congress of Parents and |
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Teachers; and |
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WHEREAS, In all his endeavors, Mayor Marshall enjoyed the |
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love and support of his wife, the former Charlotte Simms, with whom |
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he shared 35 years of marriage and raised three children; and |
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WHEREAS, Bill Marshall gave abundantly of his time and |
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talents in behalf of others, and his fervent commitment to |
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achieving an even brighter future for the citizens of his community |
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represented the very best in public service; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of the Honorable William |
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Harbert Marshall, Sr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members |
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of his family: to his wife, Charlotte Simms Marshall; to his sons, |
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William Harbert Marshall, Jr., and David Ammerman Marshall and his |
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wife, Donna; to his daughter, Catherine Royce Marshall; to his |
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mother, Carolyn Royce Marshall; to his sister, Royce Ann Romberg; |
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and to his other relatives and many 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 William |
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Harbert Marshall, Sr. |