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A celebration of Dr. Charles Tandy Folsom’s life was held in San Benito, Texas on Monday, May 6. Born in 1937 at Ringling, the son of Rudolph Stanton and Helen Fischer Folsom, he died Wednesday, May 1, 2013 at his home in San Benito.
He was the grandson of Peter Ward and Diddle Aulds Folsom and the great-grandson of Edward Washington and Elizabeth G. Mickle Folsom.
Dr. Folsom was raised in Love County where he won numerous 4-H awards and rode bulls and broncos in local rodeos. He enjoyed fishing in the Red River and hunting in the woods of Love County with his grandfather who taught him the customs of his Choctaw ancestors. Dr. Folsom took great pride in his Choctaw heritage.
Dr. Folsom was a graduate of Southeastern State University in Durant and the University of Oklahoma School of Medicine in Oklahoma City. He began his medical career in 1970 in Harlingen, Texas as a pathologist at Valley Baptist Hospital. He relocated to Gainesville, Texas from 1978 to 1985, returning to Harlingen in 1986 as a general practice physician.
He was preceded in death by his parents and two brothers, Terry Folsom and Jim Folsom.
He is survived by his wife, Olga Folsom of San Benito; a son, Haskell Folsom and daughter-in-law, Anna Cabrera Folsom of San Antonio, Texas; two daughters and sons-in-law, Diana Folsom Heath and David Heath of Austin, Texas and Lisa Folsom Delacy and Ron Delacy of Columbia, California; two grandsons, Cyrus and Ott Smithson; six granddaughters, Cristina, Pamela, Ashley, Tandy Lee Folsom, Ella Heath and Lily Delacy; three sisters, Mona Bland and Peggy Folsom of Lewisville, Texas and Beverly Thomas of Krum, Texas; and numerous nieces, nephews and cousins.
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