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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends were deeply saddened by the death |
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of McGregor resident Bill Lewallen, who passed away on January 22, |
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2007, at the age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Born to Willie Leonard and Garnett Elizabeth Beard |
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Lewallen on October 4, 1944, in Waco, Mr. Lewallen was a graduate of |
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Waco High School and continued his education at 4-C Business |
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College; he worked for 35 years as a truck driver; and |
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WHEREAS, He was a veteran of the Vietnam War, serving in the |
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U.S. Army from 1968 to 1970, and he received the National Defense |
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Service Medal, Purple Heart, Vietnam Service Medal, and Vietnam |
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Campaign Medal; and |
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WHEREAS, Although his death has brought great sorrow to his |
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loved ones, Bill Lewallen leaves behind many fond memories that |
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they will treasure forever; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 80th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Bill Lewallen and |
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extend sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, Brenda |
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"Candy" Lewallen; to his children, William Calvin Lewallen, Jr., |
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and Michelle Nall and her husband, Kevin; to his stepchildren, |
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Nathan Wayne Nance and Cynthia Diann Parker; to his grandchildren, |
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William Franklin, Lauren Kelly, and Lindsey Taylor Lewallen; to his |
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sister, Sandra Foster; and to his other relatives and friends; and, |
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be it further |
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RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be |
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prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of |
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Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Bill |
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Lewallen. |