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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, A full and generous life drew to a close with the |
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passing of Michael Don Warren of Flower Mound on July 28, 2022, at |
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the age of 77; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Pittsburg, Texas, on March 8, 1945, to Jim |
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Bob and Fern Ellen Warren, Mike Warren grew up with the |
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companionship of two brothers, Jim and Gary; after graduating from |
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Athens High School, he enlisted in the United States Air Force and |
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went on to serve as an aircraft maintenance specialist; he was |
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deployed to Thailand during the Vietnam War, and upon being |
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honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant, he returned to Athens |
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and embarked on a career in law enforcement; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Warren worked as a Kaufman police officer, a |
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deputy of water safety in Henderson County, and a Henderson County |
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constable; in 1972, he began pursuing his lifelong dream of |
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becoming a Texas game warden, and he was assigned to his first duty |
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station in Center; he later found his way back to Athens, and he |
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served the Henderson County community for several decades before |
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retiring from the Texas Parks and Wildlife Department on December |
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31, 2002; and |
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WHEREAS, While employed in Kaufman, Mr. Warren met the love |
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of his life, the former Paula Jean Evans, whom he wed in February |
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1972; during their five decades of marriage, the couple shared in |
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the joy of raising a daughter, Micha Dawn, and they later welcomed |
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into their family a cherished granddaughter, Trinity; and |
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WHEREAS, Deeply devoted to his faith, Mr. Warren found |
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fulfillment in his volunteer service at Cayuga Drive Baptist Church |
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and Dogwood Baptist Church for more than 30 years; he benefited his |
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congregation as a deacon and in various other capacities, and he |
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enjoyed supporting Bobby Farley's ministry in Belize by taking |
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trips to deliver supplies; and |
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WHEREAS, Although he is greatly missed, Mike Warren has left |
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his loved ones with many treasured memories, and they will forever |
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hold him close in their hearts; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 88th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Michael Don Warren and |
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extend sincere sympathy to the members of his family: to his wife, |
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Paula Warren; to his daughter, Micha Clark, and her husband, T. J.; |
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to his granddaughter, Trinity Clark; to his brothers, Jim Bob |
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Warren and Gary Wayne Warren, and their spouses, Quita Warren and |
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Toni Warren; to his brother-in-law, Coy Wayne Evans, and his wife, |
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Darlene; to his sister-in-law, Tamara Warren; to his nieces and |
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nephews, Misty Warren, Trae Warren, Shelly Warren-Weiss, Kelly |
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Warren, Quinn Glass, Coy Glen Evans, Rusty Evans, and Renee Evans; |
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and to his other relatives 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 Mike |
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Warren. |