Texas Silver Haired Legislature

Joann Blackmon

Ms. Blackmon is serving her Second term as a member of the Texas Silver-Haired Legislature. As a member of TSHL, she currently serves as chair of the Operations Committee and a member of the Retirement and Aging committee. Joann is also a District Representative for...

Betty Jo Brown

BETTY JO BROWN, a dynamic woman of service, born to Arthur and Melinda Randon in Brazoria County, Texas. She is seventh of eight children. Betty is the widow of Hayward Brown after fifty years of marriage. She is a mother of three, grandmother of four and great...

Dick Coupe

John R. (Dick) Coupe was elected to the Texas Silver Haired Legislature (TSHL) in 2019. His decision to run for office was based on his desire to assist in the improvement in the quality of life for the many Older Texans in this great State of Texas who are...

Jerome Doerrie

Jerome Doerrie, is a retired wheat farmer and an active member of TSHL. His university work was in education, and he planned to spend his working life there. He was the first person employed by TEA to create distance learning in the Texas Rio Grande valley, by...

Angie Hoquang

Gail Huffine

Charles Isaac

Name Charles L. Isaac, Carrizo Springs Texas. Birthday 11-13-1951 in Easton, Texas (near Longview in Gregg County). 1951 to 1970 Grew up on farm (cows, hogs, truck crops, and timber near Henderson & Tatum in Rusk County)....

Dr. Sharon Kulig, Ph.D.

Dr. Sharon Kulig, Ph.D. holds a doctorate from the University of Florida at Gainesville, a Master’s degree from The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of Texas at Austin. Following two years of...

Rosemary Mathis

Education After graduating from junior college with an AA degree in 1966, I worked as a clerk in the X-ray Dept of Dekalb General Hospital for 13 months, before taking a job with Southern Bell as a Service Rep. In 1969, I entered GA State College as a Junior with the...

Laure McLaughlin

Carol Peters

Serving 7th term Carol Peters is a graduate of Kent State University in Ohio with BS in Education, French, Russian and started her teaching career in Fairport Harbor, Ohio, in 1968. She is now a member of American Rosie the Riveter Association, Texas Retired Teachers...

Dan Roberts

Born in 1951 in Bridgeport, Texas and a lifelong resident of Fort Worth, Dan graduated from Texas Wesleyan University after earning an Honorable Discharge from the U.S. Air Force. Dan was Administrative Assistant to Fort Worth Mayor Hugh Parmer initiating the first...

Dr. Kay Sanders, CRNA, DNP-A

Dr. Kay Sanders, CRNA, DNP-A, earned a BA in English Literature from Tulane University, a BS in nursing from Texas Woman’s, a MHS in anesthesia from Texas Wesleyan University, and a DNP from TCU. She is a CRNA (Certified Registered Nurse Anesthetists) and is the...

Bert Simon, Jr.

Betty Lee Streckfuss

Harris County Deputy Speaker ProTem 2008-2013 Speaker ProTem 2013-2015 Retired Registered Nurse & Clinical Administrator. Betty is a past member of many professional Nursing Organizations. She served as Chair and two times Secretary of Area Planning Advisory...

David Timmerman

David Timmerman joined TSHL in 2021. He holds a double Master’s degree in Music Performance and Music Education from Southern Methodist University. His undergraduate degree in music is from SUNY Potsdam, Crane School of Music. His career in music education...

Richard “Dick” Winters

Richard Wall Winters was born to Dr. Richard Winters and Jane Gurney Winters on 13 January 1949. He is a Fifth-generation rancher in the Central Texas community of Brady Texas. After graduation from Brady High School he started college, graduating from Sul Ross State...

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