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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will long cherish their memories |
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of Michael Cook Walton of Stephenville, who passed away on March 11, |
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2011, at the age of 71; and |
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WHEREAS, Michael Walton was born to Ernest Vernon Walton and |
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Estelle Cook Walton on December 22, 1939, in Dallas; he graduated |
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with the Class of 1958 from A&M Consolidated High School in College |
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Station and went on to attend Texas A&M University; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Walton began his notable career with the Texas |
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Department of Agriculture in 1962 and retired some three decades |
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later as a district director; while serving with the TDA, he earned |
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the great admiration and affection of his colleagues for his |
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fairness and loyalty as a supervisor and for his caring mentorship; |
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and |
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WHEREAS, Sustained throughout his life by his deep faith, Mr. |
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Walton was a valued congregant of Greens Creek Baptist Church in |
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Stephenville; and |
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WHEREAS, This esteemed Texan was the proud and loving father |
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of three children, Virginia, Michelle, and Michael, and he took |
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infinite joy in his nine grandchildren and his great-grandson; and |
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WHEREAS, Michael Walton enjoyed a life that was rich in the |
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intangibles that matter most, and he is deeply missed by all those |
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who held him dear; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 82nd Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Michael Cook Walton |
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and extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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children and their spouses, Virginia Ann and John Roberts, R. |
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Michelle and Andrew Kinser, and Michael Vernon and Trina Walton; to |
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his grandchildren, Jeremy, Margo, and Tabitha Hymer, Jason Roberts, |
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Kali and Gabrielle Kinser, Adam and Abby Walton, and Robert |
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Chapman; to his great-grandson, Milam Thomas Hymer; to his brother, |
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Jim Walton; to his lifetime friends, Ann Vargas, Gary Miller, and |
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Rick Wahrmund; to his very special friend, Heidi Craddock; and to |
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his other loved ones; 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 Michael |
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Cook Walton. |