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SENATE RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, Memories of a life filled with joyful times and |
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meaningful accomplishments remain to comfort the family and |
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friends of Linda Gay Galbraith Wall of Magnolia, who passed away |
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on July 20, 2020, at the age of 80; and |
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WHEREAS, The former Linda Galbraith was born in McCamey on |
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August 14, 1939, to Cecil and Lucy Galbraith; her family followed |
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her father's work in the oil and gas business, residing in Texas, |
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Oklahoma, and Kansas, before settling in the Houston suburb of |
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West University Place, where she attended Lamar High School; as |
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an active member of the youth ministry at West University Baptist |
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Church, she met her future husband, Joe Wall; the pair continued |
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to cross paths due to their involvement in the church, and after |
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years of blossoming romance, they exchanged wedding vows on |
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August 20, 1960; the couple were blessed with two sons, Scot and |
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Christopher, and five precious grandchildren, Marissa, Caleb, |
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Angel, Tyler, and Thomas; and |
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WHEREAS, Over the course of their 60 years of marriage, |
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Mr. and Mrs. Wall were devoted partners in life and in ministry; |
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after earning her bachelor's degree and teaching certificate |
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from Sam Houston State University, Mrs. Wall taught in public |
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schools to support her husband while he completed his college and |
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seminary studies; she went on to minister alongside him at |
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churches and schools in Texas and in Colorado, and she served as a |
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leader and a spiritual mentor to a host of women's ministries; |
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she also taught English at Colorado Christian University while |
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her husband served as the university's president in the 1980s, |
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and during the following decade, she became engaged in a |
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worldwide mission ministry that involved training pastors' wives |
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and other women in the former Soviet Union; she and her husband |
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later relocated to Magnolia, where she contributed significantly |
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to the women's ministry at the new Magnolia Bible Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Linda Wall was beloved for her steadfast faith, |
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her warmth and kindness, and her generosity of spirit, and she |
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will forever hold a cherished place in the hearts of those she |
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leaves behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the Senate of the 87th Texas Legislature, |
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1st Called Session, hereby pay tribute to the life of Linda Gay |
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Galbraith Wall and extend sincere sympathy to her family and |
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friends; and, be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for her family and that when the Texas Senate adjourns |
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this day, it do so in memory of Linda Wall. |