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SENATE CONCURRENT 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 friends |
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of Linda Gay Galbraith Wall of Magnolia, who passed away on July 20, |
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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 West |
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University Place, where she attended Lamar High School; as an |
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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 to |
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cross paths due to their involvement in the church, and after years |
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of blossoming romance, they exchanged wedding vows on August 20, |
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1960; the couple were blessed with two sons, Scot and Christopher, |
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and five precious grandchildren, Marissa, Caleb, Angel, Tyler, and |
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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 from |
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Sam Houston State University, Mrs. Wall taught in public schools to |
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support her husband while he completed his college and seminary |
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studies; she went on to minister alongside him at churches and |
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schools in Texas and in Colorado, and she served as a leader and a |
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spiritual mentor to a host of women's ministries; she also taught |
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English at Colorado Christian University while her husband served |
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as the university's president in the 1980s, and during the |
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following decade, she became engaged in a worldwide mission |
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ministry that involved training pastors' wives and other women in |
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the former Soviet Union; she and her husband later relocated to |
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Magnolia, where she contributed significantly to the women's |
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ministry at the new Magnolia Bible Church; and |
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WHEREAS, Linda Wall was beloved for her steadfast faith, her |
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warmth and kindness, and her generosity of spirit, and she will |
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forever hold a cherished place in the hearts of those she leaves |
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behind; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the 87th Legislature of the State of Texas, |
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3rd 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 House of |
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Representatives and Senate adjourn this day, they do so in memory of |
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Linda Wall. |