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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends are mourning the loss of Jack |
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Lewis Walker Jr. of Nacogdoches, who passed away on January 7, 2017, |
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at the age of 69; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on November 21, 1947, in San Antonio, Jackie |
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Walker was raised in Douglass by his grandparents, Farris and Faye |
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Walker; after graduating from Douglass High School in 1966, he |
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served his country in Vietnam as part of the U.S. Army 196th Light |
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Infantry Brigade, earning a Bronze Star Medal for valor; he later |
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attended Stephen F. Austin State University and went on to |
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establish his own business, Venture Construction Company, where he |
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enjoyed a successful 35-year career; and |
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WHEREAS, Active in his community, Mr. Walker was a member of |
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the Nacogdoches Veterans of Foreign Wars post, the Cushing Masonic |
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Lodge, and the 196th Organization; he was also a valued congregant |
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of Redeemer Lutheran Church; in his spare time, he enjoyed hunting, |
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gardening, and cultivating wildflowers; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Walker married the love of his life, the former |
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Mary Beth Hash, at a ceremony held in Longview on March 5, 1975; in |
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the course of a rewarding marriage that spanned 41 years, they |
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became the proud parents of a son, Shawn; and |
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WHEREAS, Although Jackie Walker will be deeply missed, those |
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who held him dear will forever remember the warmth and kindness he |
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brought into their lives; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 85th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Jack Lewis Walker |
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Jr. and extend sincere condolences to his many relatives and |
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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 Jackie |
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Walker. |