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 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois  were  saddened  to  learn  of the death of Henry G.
 4    Jackson, Jr. of Murrayville on Tuesday, May 27, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson was born on  January  25,  1933,  in
 6    Jacksonville  to  Henry  G. Sr. and Margaret Amelia Lansinger
 7    Jackson; he married Johanna Banich in 1957 in Chicago; and

 8        WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson  graduated  from  Jacksonville  High
 9    School  in  1951; he earned a bachelor's degree from Illinois
10    College and a  master's  degree  in  education  from  Western
11    Illinois  University; he later graduated from the FBI Academy
12    in Quantico, Virgina; and

13        WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson valiantly served his country  during
14    the Korean War as a member of the Pacific Fleet Marine Force;
15    he   was  a  railroad  detective  for  Illinois  Central  and
16    Chesapeake and Ohio railroads; he taught school for  District
17    117  from  1966  until  1974  and  later served five terms as
18    sheriff of Morgan County, retiring in 1994; he farmed in  the
19    Nortonville area; and

20        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Jackson  was  a  member of St. Bartholomew
21    Church in Murrayville, the  Illinois  Sheriff's  Association,
22    the   National   Sheriff's   Association,  the  International
23    Association of Chiefs of  Police,  the  International  Police
24    Association,  the  Rail Splitter Division of the FBI National
25    Academy Associates, Murrayville  American  Legion  Post  311,
26    Jacksonville VFW Post 1379, Jacksonville AMVETS Post 100, the
27    Rocky Mountain Elk Foundation, and Ducks Unlimited; and

28        WHEREAS,  The  passing  of Henry G. Jackson, Jr. has been
29    deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Johanna; his  sons,
30    John  (wife, Pamela) Jackson, Scott Jackson, and Jamie (wife,
31    Angela) Jackson; his nine  grandchildren;  and  his  brother,
 
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 1    Myron  (wife, Christine) Jackson; he was preceded in death by
 2    two sons, Thomas Joseph and Kenneth Edward; therefore, be it

 3        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
 4    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
 5    of Henry G. Jackson, Jr. and extend to his  friends,  family,
 6    and  all  who knew and loved him our deepest sympathy; and be
 7    it further

 8        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
 9    presented  to  the  family  of  Henry  G.  Jackson, Jr. as an
10    expression of our sincerest condolences.