[Congressional Record Volume 157, Number 44 (Wednesday, March 30, 2011)]
[House]
[Page H2046]
From the Congressional Record Online through the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]




                           CAROL ANNE BEAVER

  The SPEAKER pro tempore. The Chair recognizes the gentleman from 
Texas (Mr. Barton) for 5 minutes.
  Mr. BARTON of Texas. Mr. Speaker, my dear sweet sister-in-law, Carol 
Anne Beaver, went to be with her Lord on Saturday, March 26, 2011. She 
passed away in her home near Lockhart, Texas, following a long and 
valiant battle with cancer. She is the first of four daughters of James 
Brasher and Betty Hodges. She was born on December 19, 1955, in 
Pasadena, Texas.
  In addition to her parents, she is survived by her loving husband of 
7 years, Jeff Beaver; three sons, Michael, Dustin, and Layton Warmack; 
Layton's wife, Holly; two granddaughters, Kelsie Anne Warmack and Maddy 
Ruiz; one grandson, Layton Warmack; three sisters, Vicki Perdue, 
Barbara Payne, and my wife, Terri Barton. She is also survived by 
numerous aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, her stepfather, 
Steven Hodges, two brothers-in-law, two stepdaughters, and of course 
her husband's family.
  She began her business career in Houston, Texas, as a bookkeeper for 
Brinadd Company, a multinational workover and completion fluids company 
that was owned by her late stepfather, James Jackson. While with 
Brinadd Company, she gained an early knowledge of computerized 
accounting systems when she worked closely with the programmer to 
convert a handwritten system into a computerized one.
  She moved to Lockhart, Texas, in Congressman Lloyd Doggett's district 
in Caldwell County, in 1988. She worked several years as a secretary 
and bookkeeper at a local law office. She subsequently returned to the 
accounting field, first working for Lifeway, then Columbia Health Care, 
and finally went to work for Austin's municipal transit system, Capital 
Metro System. She retired from Cap-Metro, when she came down with 
cancer, as the payroll manager for the entire system.
  Carol was a very loving, caring woman. She had a ready smile, a 
twinkle in her eye. She treasured her husband, her family and many, 
many friends.
  When I started dating her baby sister, Terri, she was, as she should 
be, very skeptical of whom she called Congressman Joe. She wasn't sure 
that her baby sister should be associated with anybody that was a 
Member of Congress. I would have to say, though, that when I invited 
Carol, her mother and two sisters and Terri to the local Dairy Queen in 
Lockhart, Texas, I was able to at least neutralize their opposition 
with some ice cream sundaes and some Barton-backer T-shirts. Carol and 
I became fast friends, and she came to respect not only me but this 
institution.
  She is going to be missed. She was the absolute most courageous, 
dedicated human being in fighting her long battle with cancer. She 
never complained. She never grumbled or whined about ``Why me, Lord?'' 
She took her battle with cancer in stride. She is now with her Lord in 
a better place. We will miss her very, very much, but we know that one 
day we will see her again.
  Her funeral will be tomorrow in Lockhart, Texas, at 1 o'clock. 
Visitation is this evening from 5 to 8 p.m. at the McCurdy Funeral Home 
in Lockhart, Texas.
  Sweet, sweet, Carol, we miss you very much.

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