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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Kenzy D. Hallmark, Sr., of Lufkin died on February |
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18, 2007, leaving his circle of family and friends to cherish their |
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many happy memories of time spent in his company; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in East Texas on December 1, 1928, Mr. Hallmark |
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served his country as an officer in the U.S. Air Force during the |
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Korean War; after graduating from Texas A&M University with a |
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bachelor's degree and a master's degree, he earned a law degree from |
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The University of Texas; a senior litigator with the firm Zeleskey, |
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Cornelius, Hallmark, Roper, and Hicks, he retired after 47 years of |
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dedicated work; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Hallmark was a former president of the Angelina |
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Chamber of Commerce and the Lufkin High School Alumni Association; |
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an active congregant of First United Methodist Church, he was |
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active in the Fellowship Sunday School Class and served as church |
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council chair; and |
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WHEREAS, He and his wife, the late Joanne Hallmark, were the |
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parents of four beloved children; in 1990, after the loss of their |
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eldest son, Kenzy D. Hallmark, Jr., the couple established a |
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memorial scholarship in his name at Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, Kenzy Hallmark lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he leaves behind a legacy to treasure for those who held him |
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dear; 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 Kenzy D. Hallmark, |
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Sr., and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to |
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his children, Abbe Pike and her husband, Cornel, Jennifer Rolley |
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and her husband, Blake, and John Warren Hallmark; to his |
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grandchildren, Catherine, Amanda, and Brent Hitchcock, Madison and |
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Kenzy Rolley, and Chase and Connor Pike; and to his other relatives |
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and friends; and, 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 Kenzy D. |
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Hallmark, Sr. |