Born: June 15, 1951 - Waco, Texas

    10th generation Walthall in America 1621-present

     from England ancestor founded Walthall, Virginia

Parents: Roy & Alma Walthall (both born in Texas 1910)

Sisters: Ellen (Walthall) Carver; Jo Ann (Walthall) Bowden;

           Royce Adell (Walthall) Chritman
 
 

Married Tamra Hellen (Weiss) Walthall 11/24/84 Waco

Daughter: Telly Rae Walthall born 1/21/88 Waco

Son: Rydell Dexter Walthall born 7/22/91 Waco
 
 

Education:

Attended La Vega Elementary 1957-1960 (Bellmead)

Attended Sam Houston Elementary 1960-61 (Dennison)

Attended Dan D. Rogers Elementary 1961-64 (Dallas)

Attended Benjamin Franklin Jr. High 1964-66 (Dallas)

Attended Dallas Hillcrest High School 1966-1969

Attended University of Texas at Arlington 1969-1972

Attended University of Texas at Austin 1973-1974

Attended Texas A&M University at Commerce 1977-79
 
 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in History  August 1973

Certified Public School Teacher  Tx Education Agency 1975

Masters Degree in Public Administration - July 1979
 
 

Military:

U.S. Army; MOS: Small Unit Infantry Commander

Commissioned 2nd Lieutenant  August 1973

Promoted 1st Lieutenant  August 1975

Disabled American Veteran (10%)

Honorably Discharged  August 1981
 
 

Community Service:

Elected Student Senator (UTA) 1971  re-elected 1972

Elected Democratic Precinct Chair (Dallas Co.) 1972

Elected Student Senator (TxA&M@C) 1977

Elected President of Student Senate (TxA&M@C)  1978

Elected Democratic Precinct Chair (McLennan Co.) 1984-06

Democratic Candidate Texas Legislature Dist. 57 1992

Democratic Candidate Texas Legislature Dist. 57 1994

Elected Texas Democratic Presidential Elector  2000

Elected Texas Democratic Presidential Elector  2004
 
 

Appointed Vice Chmn. of the Waco Bicentennial Commission

Appointed Exec, Director of the McLennan Co. League of

     General Law Cities

Appointed Chmn. McLennan Co. Tx. Sesquicentennial Comm.

Elected City of Waco Liason / Timbercrest Neighborhood Assn.

Appointed Waco Mayor*s Liaison for High Speed Rail

Elected President Heart of Texas Regional History Fair

Appointed to Trans Texas Corridor Citizens Advisory Comm.
 
 

Employment:

Employed Texas Employment Commission (P/T) 1969-70

Employed Texas House of Representatives 63rd Legislature

Employed Texas Constitutional Convention of 1974

Employed Texas House of Representatives 64th Legislature

Employed as 7th grade Life Science Teacher Dallas I.S.D.

Appointed by President Jimmy Carter as a Presidential

     Management Intern; assigned to the L.B.J. Space Center

Appointed City Administrator of Meridian, Texas

Appointed City Manager of Mart, Texas

Appointed Municipal Judge of Lorena, Texas

Self Proprietor (co-owner) of La Vega Veterinary Clinic

Employed as Professor of US & Tx Government at

           McLennan Community College (P/T)