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R E S O L U T I O N
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WHEREAS, The family and friends of Captain Marvin Hampton |
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Taylor III of the Killeen Fire Department suffered an immeasurable |
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loss with his passing on May 11, 2025, at the age of 45; and |
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WHEREAS, The son of Marvin Taylor Jr. and Marilyn Coddington |
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Coster, "Mark" Taylor was born in Fayetteville, North Carolina, on |
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November 18, 1979, and he grew up with the companionship of two |
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siblings, Richard and Megan; in 1983, his family relocated to |
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Texas, where he attended Ellison High School and Killeen High |
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School; and |
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WHEREAS, On December 28, 2009, Mr. Taylor married the love of |
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his life, the former Samantha Rangel, and the couple were blessed |
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with five sons, Robert, John, Michael, Andrew, and Joseph; a man of |
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faith, he was a parishioner of Holy Family Catholic Church, where he |
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served as a lector and was a member of the men's group; and |
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WHEREAS, Mr. Taylor earned his associate's degree in |
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paramedicine from Central Texas College in 2014, and that same |
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year, he joined the Killeen Fire Department; over the course of an |
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exemplary tenure spanning more than a decade, he rose through the |
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ranks to become fire captain, and he was recently assigned to the |
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training division as the operations training captain; he held |
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numerous certifications, including advanced structural |
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firefighter, field examiner, and swift water boat operator, and as |
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a member of the Texas A&M Task Force 1 water rescue and Texas |
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Intrastate Fire Mutual Aid System wildland teams, he was frequently |
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deployed to large-scale incidents both in and out of state; among |
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his many accolades, he was honored with the Medal of Valor, the |
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Certificate of Merit, and the Rookie of the Year award; and |
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WHEREAS, Admired for his selfless dedication to his family |
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and his community, Mark Taylor lived a caring and purposeful life, |
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and he leaves behind a record of service that his loved ones can |
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remember with pride; now, therefore, be it |
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RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 89th Texas |
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Legislature hereby pay tribute to the memory of Captain Marvin |
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Hampton Taylor III and extend deepest condolences to the members of |
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his family: to his wife, Samantha Taylor; to his sons, Robert, John, |
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Michael, Andrew, and Joseph Taylor; to his parents, Marvin Taylor |
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Jr. and Marilyn Coddington Coster; to his siblings, Richard Taylor |
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and his wife, Lisa, and Megan Grysko and her husband, Chris; and to |
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his many 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 Marvin |
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Hampton Taylor III. |