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78R3470 MW-D

By:  Campbell                                                     H.R. No. 67 



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The family and friends of Walter C. Pope III of 
Sonora were deeply saddened by the passing of this respected 
rancher and conservationist on December 23, 2002; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Pope was born in Roswell, New Mexico, and 
graduated from high school in Tulsa, Oklahoma; in 1944, he became a 
naval air cadet at Olathe Naval Air Station and transferred a short 
time later to the United States Marine Corps; he served with 
distinction in the Iwo Jima and Okinawa campaigns and participated 
in the Marine Expeditionary Forces on mainland Japan before his 
honorable discharge in 1946; and
	WHEREAS, After his military service, Mr. Pope earned a 
bachelor's degree in geology from Wichita State University and  
began his career with Stanalind Gas Company in Tyler; on October  
21, 1950, he married Dorothy Wilson at Emmanuel Episcopal Church in 
San Angelo; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Pope owned a ranch near Ft. McKavett where he 
practiced early methods of brush control and water saving, far 
ahead of the modern conservation movement; in 1993, he was one of 
the first area ranchers to import Boer goats from New Zealand, which 
revolutionized the goat industry and complemented his own prized 
herd of commercial Angus cattle; and
	WHEREAS, A congregant at St. John's Episcopal Church, Mr. 
Pope was a highly regarded member of his community who was active in 
local affairs and served as a Sonora city alderman and Schleicher 
County commissioner; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Pope made a positive impact on this world 
through his example as a devoted family man, a successful  rancher, 
and a pioneering conservationist; his spirit will continue to live 
in the hearts of the many people who were privileged to have known 
him; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Walter C. Pope III and 
extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family:  to his 
beloved wife of 52 years, Dorothy Wilson Pope; to his children, 
Janet Andrews and her husband, Joe; Cora McGowan and her husband, 
Wally; and Walter C. Pope IV and his wife, Carol; to his 
grandchildren, Cally, Ogden, Richard, Audrey, Dorothy Anne, 
Cadesman, and Julia; to his two faithful employees, Rogelio Vasquez 
and Ramaiero Vasquez; and to his other relatives and many friends; 
and, be it further
	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be 
prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of 
Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Walter C. 
Pope III.