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1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
3 | | learn of the death of James E. "Ed" Lawson of Rock Island, who |
4 | | passed away on April 17, 2017; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was born in Gauley Bridge, West |
6 | | Virginia to James G. and Frances I. McClellan Lawson on |
7 | | September 28, 1920; he served in the United States Navy during |
8 | | World War II in the South Pacific; he was awarded a Purple |
9 | | Heart for wounds received in action; he married Faye J. Vetter |
10 | | at the Church of Peace United Church of Christ in Rock Island |
11 | | on March 19, 1950; and
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12 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson worked as a crane operator and later |
13 | | farmed in the Milan area; he was also a dealer for Heritage |
14 | | Fencing; and
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15 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was a past president of the Rock |
16 | | Island County Farm Bureau; he was a member of Reynolds American |
17 | | Legion Post 1166, Aledo VFW Post 1571, and Rock Island County |
18 | | Voiture No. 237 of the 40 & 8; and
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19 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was preceded in death by his parents; |
20 | | his brothers, Everett, Elmer, Bert, Jeff, Harold, Roy, Paul, |
21 | | Darrell, and Arthur; and his sisters, Gladys and Irene Hampton; |