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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Family and friends will forever treasure their |
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memories of Delbert Walker of Grapeland, who passed away on April |
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24, 2017, at the age of 79; and |
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WHEREAS, Delbert Walker was born in Delhi, Louisiana, on |
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January 16, 1938, to Henry and Ina Walker; at the age of 17, he left |
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his family's farm and moved to Baytown; it was there that he met |
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JoAnn Wright, whom he married in 1958; the couple shared their lives |
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for nearly six decades, and they were blessed with two children, |
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Keith and Rita; their family later grew to include three |
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grandchildren, T. J. Walker, Melissa Stringer, and Stephanie Ware, |
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and eight great-grandchildren, Colton, Emma, Brasen, Kyle, Jett, |
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Ellie, Wesson, and Hayden; and |
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WHEREAS, Early in his working life, Mr. Walker owned a |
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barbershop in Seabrook, where his clients included John Glenn and |
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many of NASA's early astronauts who were training nearby; |
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subsequently, Mr. Walker owned a successful trucking company and |
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raised cattle on the D-J Ranch in East Texas, and after settling in |
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Grapeland, he purchased the Grapeland Co-Op, which became the |
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Grapeland Farm and Ranch feed store; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Walker was a charter member and fire chief of |
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the fire department in Lomax, and he served on the La Porte city |
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council; in Grapeland, he was an active member of the Lions Club and |
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the chamber of commerce, which named him as Citizen of the Year; he |
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was also a life member of the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo, a |
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member of Santa Gertrudis Breeders International Herd No. 7964, |
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and a charter member and president of the La Porte Livestock Show |
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and Rodeo; a man of strong religious faith, he attended the Broadway |
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Church of Christ in La Porte and the South Loop Church of Christ in |
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Crockett; and |
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WHEREAS, A devoted family man and a dedicated civic leader, |
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Delbert Walker lived a rich and purposeful life, and he will forever |
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be remembered with admiration and affection by all who held him |
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close to their hearts; 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 Delbert Walker and |
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extend heartfelt sympathy to his relatives and many friends; and, |
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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 Delbert |
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Walker. |