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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 Eugene R. Powell of Benton, who passed |
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| away on January 17, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 25, 1919, in West Frankfort to |
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| Edward and Leora (Richerson) Powell; he married Dorothy |
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| (Carter) Powell on September 1, 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, He had served as Street Commissioner for the City |
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| of Benton; he was a former hospital administrator, a veteran |
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| serving in the Coast Guard and Navy, and a lab and X-ray |
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| technician; after retiring from the hospital field he went into |
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| mine construction, building mines in West Virginia and |
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| Colorado; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Powell was a 50-year member of the Benton |
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| Masonic Lodge 64 AF & AM; he was a Shriner, a member of |
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| American Legion Post 280, a member of the Benton Kiwanis Club, |
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| a member of the Liars Club, and a former Park Board Member; and |
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| he had been Treasurer of the Masonic and Oddfellows Cemetery; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; and two |
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| sisters, Vernice Powell and Pauline George; and
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| WHEREAS, Eugene Powell is survived by his wife, Dorothy; |
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| his two sons, Michael Powell and wife, Deborah, and Rodney |
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| Powell and wife, Linda; his daughter, Patti R. Burlison and |
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| husband, Ronald; his six grandchildren, Raymond "Ramie" and |
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| wife, Vanessa Burlison, Rebecca Powell, Adam Powell, Jessica |
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| Minton, Seth Powell, and Sarah Powell; his two |
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| great-grandchildren, Noah Minton and Raymond "Ramie" Burlison |
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| Jr.; his very special friends, Wendell and Betty Maulding and |
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| Wilma Lockmiller; his three sisters-in-law, Audra Cox, Jean |
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| Battershell and husband, William, and Bobbie Summers; his two |
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| nieces, Suzanne Baker and Betty Aiken; his nephew, Wally |
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| George; his loyal pal, "Bruiser"; and his special family, the |
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| residents and staff of StoneBridge Senior Living Center, and |
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| Dr. Parks; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 Eugene Powell; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Eugene Powell as a symbol of our |
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| sincere sympathy.
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