Texas Silver Haired Legislature

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...

Fred Burrell, Jr.

Fred D. Burrell Jr., earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Agricultural Education (1983) and his Masters in Secondary Education (1991) from Stephen F. Austin State University in Nacogdoches, Texas. He has dedicated over 35 years of service as a public servant in a...

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...

Cynthia (Cindy) Jones

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...