Michael Hallmark, age 63, died peacefully in Carrollton, Texas, Saturday, May 13, 2023. He was born in Dallas, Texas, to Mendal Franklin and Addie Marie Hallmark on December 8, 1959. He grew up and lived in Irving, Texas, most of his early life, with the exception of six years in Tyler, Texas, during the 1960’s. He graduated from Nimitz High School in Irving, then earned a Bachelor of Science Degree in Electrical Engineering in 1982 from the University of Texas at Arlington. In 1983, Michael began a career in the defense industry by starting employment at E-Systems (now Raytheon) in Garland, Texas, as a high-level systems engineer. He also worked at Alcatel and L-3 Communications with positions associated with both software and hardware development. In 1984 he moved to Carrollton, Texas, then in 1987 to Rowlett, Texas, after getting married to Shirley Richmond where they raised three daughters. The family later moved to Sachse, Texas. Mike returned to Carrollton in 2011 where he lived with his brother until his passing.
Mike loved spending time with his daughters whenever possible. He was a Christian man and was a member for many years at Saturn Road Church of Christ in Garland, Texas, where he was involved in ministries such as maintaining the church’s computers and doing parking lot security patrol, escort, and rides. When he moved back to Carrollton, he attended Woodlake Baptist Church with his brother. Mike enjoyed several trips to Australia on assignment by Ratheon and relished traveling with his family on vacation. He was an avid and skilled builder and flyer of RC aircraft and won many trophies and competitions in the sport. Other interests and activities included computer gaming with friends, building PC’s from scratch, photography, attending air shows with his brother, fishing, shooting skeet, dove hunting, archery, listening to music from the 70’s & 80’s, and attending Dallas Stars hockey games.
Left to cherish his memory are his brother, Chris Hallmark; daughter Aubree Garner and husband Nathan; daughter Morgan Grasham and husband Eric; daughter Brooke Cannon and husband Darren; granddaughter Emmy Cannon and grandson Theodore Cannon.
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