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Connally died in Cody, [[Wyoming]], where he had relocated in his later years to be near his children.<ref name=tsc/> Survivors included two sons, Wyatt Connally and Wesley Connally, and a daughter Pamela; four grandchildren; his brother, Merrill (who died the following year), and his sister, Blanche Connally Kline. The Texas State Senate introduced a resolution on March 19, 2001, on what would have been Connally's 78th birthday, to recognize his public service.<ref name=hall/>

Connally died in Cody, [[Wyoming]], where he had relocated in his later years to be near his children.<ref name=tsc/> Survivors included two sons, Wyatt Connally and Wesley Connally, and a daughter Pamela; four grandchildren; his brother, Merrill (who died the following year), and his sister, Blanche Connally Kline. The Texas State Senate introduced a resolution on March 19, 2001, on what would have been Connally's 78th birthday, to recognize his public service.<ref name=hall/>

Connally was cremated, his ashes were scattered on the family ranch in Floresville, and a [[cenotaph]] was erected in his honor at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.<ref name=tsc/>

Connally was cremated, his ashes were scattered on the family ranch in Floresville, and a cenotaph was erected in his honor at the Texas State Cemetery in Austin.<ref name=tsc/>

Ralph Moody Hall (also born 1923 and hence the senior member of the Texas delegation to the [[United States House of Representatives]]) of Rockwall near [[Dallas]] served with Connally in the state Senate. Hall died in 2019 at the age of ninety-five. The two also ran against each other for lieutenant governor in the 1972 Democratic primary. Both lost to William Pettus Hobby, Jr., whose mother, Oveta Culp Hobby, owned the former ''Houston Post'' [[newspaper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobbycomm.com/wph/Kinder%20Gentler%20Days.doc |title=Statement of William P. Hobby, Jr. |publisher=Hobby Communications|accessdate=December 25, 2008; material no longer accessible on-line.}}</ref> Upon Connally's death, Hall introduced into the ''[[Congressional Record]]'' his personal tribute to his fallen friend: "He was a terrific Senator, totally dedicated ... so very capable of friendship, and ... always responsive to anyone in need. Wayne's over-riding goal was to uphold integrity and responsibility in government... Wayne embodied the Texas persona—and he leaves behind a legacy of faithful service to the people of his native state that he so loved."<ref name=hall/>

Ralph Moody Hall (also born 1923 and hence the senior member of the Texas delegation to the [[United States House of Representatives]]) of Rockwall near [[Dallas]] served with Connally in the state Senate. Hall died in 2019 at the age of ninety-five. The two also ran against each other for lieutenant governor in the 1972 Democratic primary. Both lost to William Pettus Hobby, Jr., whose mother, Oveta Culp Hobby, owned the former ''Houston Post'' [[newspaper]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.hobbycomm.com/wph/Kinder%20Gentler%20Days.doc |title=Statement of William P. Hobby, Jr. |publisher=Hobby Communications|accessdate=December 25, 2008; material no longer accessible on-line.}}</ref> Upon Connally's death, Hall introduced into the ''[[Congressional Record]]'' his personal tribute to his fallen friend: "He was a terrific Senator, totally dedicated ... so very capable of friendship, and ... always responsive to anyone in need. Wayne's over-riding goal was to uphold integrity and responsibility in government... Wayne embodied the Texas persona—and he leaves behind a legacy of faithful service to the people of his native state that he so loved."<ref name=hall/>