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1	1	H.R. No. 1250
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4	4	R E S O L U T I O N
5	5	WHEREAS, Words cannot adequately express the sense of loss
6	6	felt by the family and friends of U.S. Army Sergeant Joshua Ward of
7	7	Killeen, who died on February 9, 2009, at the age of 30; and
8	8	WHEREAS, Assigned to the 3rd Battalion, 8th Cavalry Regiment,
9	9	3rd Heavy "Greywolf" Brigade Combat Team, 1st Cavalry Division out
10	10	of Fort Hood, Sergeant Ward was killed in Mosul, Iraq, when his
11	11	vehicle was struck by an explosive device; and
12	12	WHEREAS, Joshua Allen Ward, Sr., was born on October 23,
13	13	1978, to John M. Ward, Sr., and Patricia Irene Lyles Ward; he was a
14	14	1997 graduate of Needville High School, where he was a star football
15	15	player; and
16	16	WHEREAS, Answering his nation's call to duty after the
17	17	attacks of 9/11, Mr. Ward enlisted in the army in 2001 and trained
18	18	at Fort Knox, Kentucky; he was serving his third deployment in Iraq
19	19	at the time of his death; and
20	20	WHEREAS, Sergeant Ward was a courageous and highly decorated
21	21	soldier who received the Bronze Star, the Purple Heart, three Army
22	22	Commendation Medals, two Army Good Conduct Medals, and the National
23	23	Defense Service Medal, among others; and
24	24	WHEREAS, Through his unfaltering devotion to duty, honor, and
25	25	country, Joshua Ward upheld the highest ideals of the United States
26	26	armed forces, and his fellow citizens owe him a debt of gratitude
27	27	that the passage of time can never diminish; now, therefore, be it
28	28	RESOLVED, That the House of Representatives of the 81st Texas
29	29	Legislature hereby pay tribute to the life of Sergeant Joshua Allen
30	30	Ward, Sr., and extend deepest sympathy to the members of his family:
31	31	to his sons, Joshua Allen Ward, Jr., and Zane Tyler Ward; to his
32	32	parents, John M. Ward, Sr., and Patricia Irene Lyles Ward; to his
33	33	brothers, Benjamin Wayne Ward, Eric Johnathon Ward, and Johnny
34	34	M. Ward, Jr.; to his sister, Brandi Elaine Claire Ward; to his
35	35	fiance, Deonna Julia Gunderson; to his sons' mother, Misty Dawn
36	36	Calvert Ward; and to his other relatives and friends; and, be it
37	37	further
38	38	RESOLVED, That an official copy of this resolution be
39	39	prepared for his family and that when the Texas House of
40	40	Representatives adjourns this day, it do so in memory of Joshua
41	41	Ward.
42	42	Weber
43	43	______________________________
44	44	Speaker of the House
45	45	I certify that H.R. No. 1250 was unanimously adopted by a
46	46	rising vote of the House on April 23, 2009.
47	47	______________________________
48	48	Chief Clerk of the House