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                                                                  H.R. No. 1235



R E S O L U T I O N
	WHEREAS, The passing of Albert Wadel Moursund III of Round 
Mountain on April 22, 2002, at the age of 82, has brought a 
tremendous sense of loss to the family and many friends of this 
esteemed gentleman; and
	WHEREAS, Called "A Texan's Texan" by Time magazine in 1964, 
Mr. Moursund was a nationally known attorney who was elected to two 
terms in the Texas House of Representatives, serving from 1948 to 
1952, and he also served for six years as the County Judge of Blanco 
County; a lifelong friend and advisor to President and Mrs. Lyndon 
B. Johnson, he was granted irrevocable power of attorney in 1963 by 
President Johnson; and
	WHEREAS, A native Texan, Mr. Moursund was born in Johnson 
City on May 23, 1919; after graduating from Austin High School in 
1936 and earning his law degree from The University of Texas in 
1941, he served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War 
II and eventually opened a private law practice in his hometown of 
Johnson City; and
	WHEREAS, This outstanding Texan joined Pedernales Electric 
Cooperative, Inc., as its general counsel in 1950, and he continued 
in that capacity until his passing; one of the original appointees 
to the board of the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission, he was also 
appointed as general counsel to Lieutenant Governor Bob Bullock in 
1996; additionally, he owned a number of businesses over the course 
of his life, including banks, insurance agencies, abstract 
companies, and ranches in several states; and
	WHEREAS, Mr. Moursund was an outstanding lawyer, rancher, 
banker, and statesman, and while he is greatly missed, his memory 
lives on in the hearts and minds of the many people whose lives he 
touched; now, therefore, be it
	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 78th Texas 
Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Albert Wadel Moursund 
III and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his 
wife of 60 years, Mary Allen Moore Moursund; to his son, Will 
Stribling Moursund; to his daughter, Mary Moore Moursund; to his 
daughter-in-law, Ingrid Weltge Moursund; to his granddaughter, 
Autumn Marie Moursund; to his grandson, Albert Wadel Moursund IV; 
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 Albert 
Wadel Moursund III.

                                                                      Hilderbran


                                                  ______________________________
                                                       Speaker of the House     

	I certify that H.R. No. 1235 was unanimously adopted by a 
rising vote of the House on May 23, 2003.

                                                  ______________________________
                                                     Chief Clerk of the House