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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and productive life drew to a close with the |
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passing of admired entrepreneur Phillip F. Becker of Tarpley on |
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October 25, 2018, at the age of 87; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Fred and Ada Becker, Phil Becker was born |
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in San Antonio on March 21, 1931, and grew up with three siblings, |
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Garland, Douglas, and Dorothy; he graduated from Brackenridge High |
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School and worked full-time while attending college for a year; on |
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May 18, 1950, he married the former Ruth Ellis, and they became the |
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parents of four children, Kathy, Johnny, Diann, and Joey; he |
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eventually knew the joy of welcoming into his cherished family 14 |
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grandchildren, Phillip, Allison, Glenn, Ann, Summer, Susie, |
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Melinda, Scott, Nicole, Jason, Jessica, Doug, Dinias, and Wendy, as |
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well as 16 great-grandchildren; following the death of his first |
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wife in 2011, he was fortunate to find love a second time with Mary |
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Sowards, whom he wed on October 1, 2016; and |
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WHEREAS, While awaiting admission to a law enforcement |
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program, Mr. Becker began fixing equipment for an underground |
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construction company, and he was quickly promoted to foreman and |
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then superintendent for crews across South and Central Texas; in |
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the mid-1960s, he founded his own firm; he later mentored a group of |
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his employees so that they could form a company to buy his assets, |
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and in 1995, he retired from daily underground construction; |
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dedicated to the industry, he strove to improve construction |
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safety, working conditions, business practices, and funding |
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through his efforts in behalf of professional associations; he was |
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active in the Associated General Contractors for two decades and |
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served as national chair of the Municipal/Utilities Division and as |
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president of AGC of Texas; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Becker was quietly generous to many people in |
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need, and he was active in philanthropy as a longtime member of |
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Bandera Masonic Lodge No. 1123; in addition to serving as |
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worshipful master and district deputy, he was a worthy patron of |
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Bandera Chapter No. 643, Order of the Eastern Star; his interests |
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included aviation and hunting, and he also enjoyed traveling the |
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country with friends in his Airstream club; and |
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WHEREAS, Warm, humble, and deeply kind, Phil Becker was an |
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inspiration to all who were fortunate enough to know him, and he has |
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left his loved ones with a wealth of memories that they will forever |
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treasure; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 86th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Phil Becker and extend |
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sincere sympathy to his family 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 Phillip F. |
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Becker. |