Full Text of SR0386 93rd General Assembly
SR0386 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Allen M. Oakley of | 4 |
| Quincy on January 11, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Oakley was born on October 4, 1907 in Quincy | 6 |
| to Ray M. and Kate C. Burks Oakley; on February 8, 1941, he | 7 |
| married Carol Selby in St. Louis, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Oakley spent a lifetime in the newspaper | 9 |
| business; from his earliest days, newspapers were in his blood; | 10 |
| his first job was delivering newspapers, and he was a | 11 |
| correspondent for the Herald while attending Quincy High | 12 |
| School; after graduating in 1924, he became a full-time Herald | 13 |
| reporter, covering the south side and downtown beats; after the | 14 |
| Herald and Whig-Journal merged in 1926, Mr. Oakley attended | 15 |
| Tulane University in New Orleans, where he studied English and | 16 |
| golf; he stayed there until he accepted a job with The | 17 |
| Herald-Whig in 1928; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Mr. Oakley's first position with the newspaper was | 19 |
| on the copy desk; in 1929, he became night editor and in | 20 |
| subsequent years took on greater responsibilities; he became | 21 |
| managing editor in 1947 and held that position until 1966 when | 22 |
| he was named editor and assumed supervision of the editorial | 23 |
| page; he stepped down from the daily operation of the newspaper | 24 |
| in 1983; and | 25 |
| WHEREAS,
Just as his name is closely associated with Quincy | 26 |
| journalism, Mr. Oakley is also synonymous with Quincy golf; he | 27 |
| became one of the top amateur players ever to play a game in | 28 |
| the Quincy area; he was
hooked at the age of 14 by his first | 29 |
| golf shot, he continued to play into his late 80s, even when | 30 |
| legally blind; he was the Central Illinois Country Club | 31 |
| Association champion in 1925 and claimed six city championships |
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| as well as shooting a long-standing record 63 at the Quincy | 2 |
| Country Club, where he was a member; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the First Union Congregational | 4 |
| Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Allen M. Oakley will be deeply felt | 6 |
| by many, especially his wife, Carol; his daughters, Ann | 7 |
| Elizabeth Wright and Susan Burks; his three grandchildren, | 8 |
| Marvin Miller Wright, Amy Ellender Mervin, and Polly Ann Mize; | 9 |
| his four great-granddaughters, Holly, Amanda, Stephanie, and | 10 |
| Charity Mervin; and his great-great-grandson, Josiah Gaunt; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his sister, Elisabeth | 13 |
| Smith; and three brothers, Burks Oakley, William B. Oakley, and | 14 |
| T.C. Oakley; therefore, be it | 15 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 |
| Allen M. Oakley along with all who knew and loved him and | 18 |
| extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and | 19 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Allen M. Oakley as an expression of | 22 |
| our deepest sympathy.
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