Texas Legislators: Past & Present

Joe Madison Kilgore

Full Name: Joe Madison Kilgore
Birth date: December 10, 1918
Death date: February 10, 1999

50th Legislature, text of poem "Sky Rodeo," a ballad of World War II, featuring Joe Kilgore as the central figure. House Journal .
51st Legislature, R.S., HSR 285. Resolutions - Congratulatory and Honorary .
76th Legislature, R.S., SR 212. Resolutions - Memorial .
76th Legislature, R.S., HR 825. Resolutions - Memorial .
United States Army Air Corps, Lieutenant Colonel; Air Force Reserve, Major General. "Mr. Kilgore served in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II . . . he was a lieutenant colonel at the end of the war and rose to the rank of major general in the Air Force Reserve." 76th Legislature, R.S., SR 212. Resolutions - Memorial .

KILGORE, Joe Madison (1918-1999). Representative, TX. Biographical Directory of the U.S. Congress .
Air Force Reserve. "Rep. Joe M. Kilgore of McAllen is a lieutenant colonel in the Air Force Reserve . . . During his five years of active duty, Kilgore earned the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross and the Air Medal 'with some clusters,' as he puts it. A bomber pilot, he led the second American air raid on Naples . . .," "Call to Armed Services Faces Dozen in Texas Legislature," 1/14/1951. Dallas Morning News .
Kilgore, Joe Madison. Texas State Cemetery .