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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately convey the heartache felt at |
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the loss of Staff Sergeant Jimy Mac Malone of Wills Point, who died |
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on June 23, 2007, while bravely serving his country in Taji, Iraq; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Sergeant Malone was born on July 27, 1983, in Irving |
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to Martin and Vicky Malone; raised in Wills Point, he graduated from |
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Wills Point High School in 2002 and attended the Kilgore Fire |
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Academy before fulfilling his lifelong dream of enlisting in the |
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U.S. Army on June 19, 2002; and |
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WHEREAS, Training at Fort Knox, Sergeant Malone was stationed |
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at Fort Hood before his deployment to Iraq as a member of 1st |
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Cavalry Division, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 2nd Battalion, 8th |
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Cavalry Regiment, Delta Company; he was serving his second tour of |
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duty at the time he was killed, and his courageous efforts earned |
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him the Bronze Star and Purple Heart; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted husband, Sergeant Malone was married to |
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the former Leslie Diane Tisdale, and he was thrilled to be a new |
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father to his daughter, Reagan Allison; he attended the First |
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Baptist Church in Wills Point and was known for his exuberance and |
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determination; and |
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WHEREAS, Our state and nation are fortunate to have men and |
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women whose love of country inspires them to take up military |
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service; Sergeant Jimy Mac Malone embodied the highest ideals of |
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the U.S. Armed Forces, and those who knew and loved him will forever |
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carry him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Staff Sergeant Jimy |
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Mac Malone and extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: |
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to his wife, Leslie Diane Tisdale Malone; to his daughter, Reagan |
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Allison Malone; to his father, Martin Malone, and his wife, Ginger; |
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to his mother, Vicky Lewis, and her husband, Trenten; to his |
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brother, Marcus Malone; to his grandparents, Ramona Malone and |
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Richard and Juanita Lee; to his half-brother, Kenneth Hogan; to his |
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parents-in-law, Robert and Debbie Tisdale; to his brother-in-law, |
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Hudnal Tisdale; and to his other relatives and many friends; and, be |
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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 Staff |
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Sergeant Jimy Mac Malone. |
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Flynn |
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______________________________ |
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Speaker of the House |
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I certify that H.R. No. 2508 was unanimously adopted by a |
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rising vote of the House on May 24, 2009. |
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______________________________ |
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Chief Clerk of the House |
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