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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charles |
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| Eugene "Charlie" White, former Mayor of Mattoon, on November |
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| 20, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles White was born November 24, 1932, in |
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| Xenia, a son of Freddie Ernest and Bessie (Gould) White; he |
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| married his high school sweetheart, Mary Ann Chamberlin, on |
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| April 19, 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlie White was President of the former Mattoon |
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| Bank and later served as Executive Vice-President of First |
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| Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust; he gave of himself in community |
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| service for over 43 years, serving part of that time as City |
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| Treasurer, Police Commissioner, and recently as Mayor of the |
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| City of Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlie White was selected by the Mattoon |
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| Association of Commerce as the Man of the Year for 1984; he was |
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| a 32nd Degree Mason, York Rite and member of the Shriner's; he |
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| served on the Lake Land College Foundation Board of Directors, |
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| was Past President of E.I.U. Panther Club, and a member and |
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| Pilgrim of the Moose as well as Past President of the Illinois |
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| Moose Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a basketball coach at St. |
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| Joseph's School and at one time as the youngest referee for the |
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| State of Illinois; he helped raise funds for the Junior |
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| Football League in Mattoon and was a member of the Mattoon High |
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| School Letterman's Club; he remained active in politics |
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| throughout his life and served as founding member of the |
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| Volunteer Republican Boosters; he also enjoyed a membership in |
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| Ducks Unlimited; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles White is survived by his loving and |
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| devoted wife of 55 years, Mary Ann White; his five children, |
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| Cathy J. Barnes and husband David, Donald H. White and wife |
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| Barbara, Michele A. "Missy" Lock and husband Albert, John C. |
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| White and wife Julie, and Eric A. White and wife Christina; his |
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| brother, Howard G. White; his three sisters, Aline Henson, |
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| Juanita Greene, and Erna Doty; his fifteen grandchildren; and |
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| his nine great-grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and one |
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| sister, Lula Mae White; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| remember Charles White and his life and extend our condolences |
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| to the family at this time; and be it further
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