Dr. Charles Evans Bounds

Dr. Charles Evans Bounds March 10, 1919 - March 29, 2006 Dr. Charles E. Bounds was born March 10, 1919 in Cooper, Texas, son of Rev. Charles Lee Bounds and Mary Lela Bounds, brother of James Benjamin Bounds. As a youth he lived in several North Texas towns before graduating from North Dallas High School. He joined the U.S. Navy during WWII and was a "90-Day Wonder" at Columbia University Mid-Shipman school. He served as commander of a sub chaser in the Atlantic for three years (1943 - 1945). He earned a bachelors and masters degree in music at North Texas University where he met and married his wife, Marjorie Meacham. He and Marjorie spent their early careers teaching music in Harlingen, Kingsville, and San Angelo. Charles was the musical director for the first off-Broadway production of "Annie, Get Your Gun" performed by the San Angelo Civic Theater. He earned two degrees in psychology - a masters at Texas A&I and a PhD at UT Austin. He worked at the VA Hospital in Dallas, at the Austin Child Guidance Center, was Chief Psychologist for Travis County M.H.M.R. and was in private practice until retiring in 1986. Charles is survived by his family - wife Marjorie of 56 years, son Chris Bounds of Austin, daughter and son-in-law Rebecca and William Teasdale of Longmont, Colorado, brother-in-law William R. Meacham of Ft. Worth, and four grandchildren: Ben and Nicole Bounds of Ft Worth, and Annalise and Serafina Teasdale. He loved and lived for his family who cherished him deeply in return. Many and grateful thanks to Dr. D. Loukas and Nurse Holly and to their loving and caring staff. In lieu of flowers, charitable contributions will be gratefully received by the American Cancer Society or St. Matthew's Episcopal Church in Austin. A memorial service will be held on Monday, April 3 at 2:00 p.m. at St. Matthew's Episcopal church at 8134 Mesa Drive.