TX HR1239

Memorial resolution honoring former State Representative Fred Charles Head of Athens, Texas, who passed away on April 26, 2025, at age 86

Head served seven terms in the Texas House of Representatives beginning in 1966, chairing the Higher Education and Reapportionment Committees and serving on appropriations, energy resources, and penitentiaries committees

Member of the "Dirty 30" anti-corruption movement in the early 1970s; became the first person in Texas history to defeat a sitting Speaker of the House after his district was redrawn in retaliation

Practiced law for 50 years, earning recognition from the State Bar of Texas in 2013; also worked as a rancher and real estate investor with degrees from Southern Methodist University

Resolution unanimously adopted by rising vote on May 23, 2025, with the House adjourning in his memory