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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Jack L. Logsdon, who passed away on 
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February 8, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack L. Logsdon was born September 2, 1942, in 
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Franklin County; his parents were Joseph B. Logsdon and Myrtle 
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(Clem) Logsdon; he married Kathy (Straka) Logsdon on June 12, 
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1964, in West Frankfort;

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    WHEREAS, Jack Logsdon was a member of the United Mine 
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Workers of America and served with the National Guard for four 
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years; he had worked for the Old Ben Coal Company for 25 years 
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and was a member of the Thompsonville Church of God; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack Logsdon loved listening and playing music; he 
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played music with a group called The Weekenders on Saturday 
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nights at the Thompsonville Lion's Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; a 
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grandson, Matthew Smelcer; his nephew, Monte Logsdon; his 
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nieces, Shawna and Tasha Clower; and his sister, Loma Johns; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jack L. Logsdon is survived by his wife, Kathy; 
 


 






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his daughter, Terri Reagan; his son and his wife, Heath and 
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Dawn Logsdon; his grandchildren, Casey Finney, Ryan Smelcer, 
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Kaydee Norris, Austin Norris, Emily Pritchett, Hayden Logsdon 
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and Whitney Batterson; his great-grandchildren, Jaxson and 
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Alaysah; his sisters, Betty May, Debbie Logsdon and companion, 
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Jeff Richardson, and Rhonda Clower and her husband, John; his 
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brothers, Jim Logsdon and Mike Logsdon and his wife, Lana; his 
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mother-in-law and father-in-law, Wilma and Charles Straka; his 
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sister-in-law and brother-in-law, Kim and Ralph Ledbetter; and 
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his several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Jack L. Logsdon; and be 
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it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Jack L. Logsdon as a symbol of our 
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sympathy.