Ralph Wallace
Ralph Ray Wallace III was a Houston, Texas legislator who represented neighborhoods around Hobby Airport for 15 years in the Texas House of Representatives. Wallace was a lifelong Democrat and he served from 1977 to 1992. After retiring, Wallace held several different jobs including driving a tractor-trailer rig.
Wallace died on 1 February 2008. His sister, Kathy Wallace Hunt said that he had been in ill health from accidents he suffered while working as a truck driver. She said the cause of his death was unknown.