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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sorrow felt at |
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the loss of Stuart Mason Wilkinson of McAllen, who passed away on |
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May 14, 2011, at the age of 24; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Ray and Rosie Wilkinson, Stuart Wilkinson |
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was born in 1986 in Brownsville; he attended McAllen Memorial High |
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School, where he was a proud member of the Mustang football, |
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basketball, and track teams; in addition, he enjoyed working with |
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elementary school students as a volunteer for the PALS program, and |
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he participated in 4-H, Relay for Life, Easter Seals, and Monica's |
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Angels; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Wilkinson graduated from McAllen Memorial in |
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2005 and went on to attend Blinn College and South Texas College; he |
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had recently returned home to work with his father at the family |
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business, Wilkinson Ray Iron and Metal; and |
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WHEREAS, Kind, outgoing, and good-natured, Stuart Wilkinson |
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delighted in the company of his family and friends, and although he |
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will be deeply missed, memories of this beloved young man will |
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remain to comfort all those 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 life of Stuart Wilkinson and |
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extend sincere condolences to the members of his family: to his |
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parents, Ray and Rosie Wilkinson; to his brother, Bradley Oliver |
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Wilkinson; to his grandmother, M. Irene Vega; to his aunts, Norma |
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Cruz, Nancy Puente and her husband, Omar, Brenda Hellums, Dorothy |
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Ward and her husband, John, Kathy Schneider and her husband, Don, |
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and Sandy Beck and her husband, Jerry; to his uncles, Joe Vega, |
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Robert Vega and his wife, Norma, Gary Wilkinson and his wife, Sonia, |
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and Jim Wilkinson and his wife, Patsy; 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 Stuart |
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Mason Wilkinson. |