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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, Marion County Commissioner Joe Edward McKnight, an |
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esteemed Texan and a friend to many, passed away on January 31, |
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2021, at the age of 62; and |
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WHEREAS, Born on April 26, 1958, in Marshall to J. C. "Sonny" |
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McKnight and Lawana Gayle Russell McKnight, Joe McKnight grew up |
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with two brothers, Charles and David; and |
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WHEREAS, From 1974 to 2006, Mr. McKnight worked in the oil |
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fields; he later followed the example of his grandfather, who had |
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served as a county commissioner, and was elected to the Marion |
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County Commissioners Court in January 2011; he continued to serve |
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the people of Precinct 2 for 10 years until the time of his passing; |
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Mr. McKnight was also a member of the Jefferson Masonic Lodge |
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No. 38 and Jim's Bayou Masonic Lodge No. 491, and he served with the |
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Smithland Volunteer Fire Department for two decades; an |
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outdoorsman, he especially enjoyed hunting and fishing; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. McKnight shared 42 years of marriage with the |
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love of his life, Kim Derrick, whom he married on June 3, 1978; the |
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couple became the parents of two children, Wendy and Russell, and |
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had the pleasure of welcoming into their family five grandchildren, |
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Peyton, Trenton, Presley, Lila, and Heath; and |
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WHEREAS, Devotion to family and community formed the |
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foundation on which Joe McKnight built his life, and he will forever |
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be remembered with great admiration and affection; now, therefore, |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 87th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Joe Edward McKnight |
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and extend heartfelt condolences to the members of his family: to |
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his wife, Kim McKnight; to his daughter, Wendy Shelton; to his son, |
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Russell McKnight, and his wife, Kim; to his brother, David |
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McKnight, and his wife, Betty; to his grandchildren, Peyton Turner, |
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Trenton McKnight, Presley Turner, Lila McKnight, and Heath Shelton; |
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to his nieces and nephews; and to his other relatives and friends; |
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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 Joe |
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McKnight. |