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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives
3 learned with regret of the death of Raymond W. "Burrhead"
4 Lamkin of Champaign on Saturday, October 22, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was born on March 23, 1918, in Hammond
6 to Clyde E. and Lola M. Lecrone Lamkin; he married Irene E.
7 Korsmeyer on July 24, 1955; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a graduate of Bement High School;
9 he was a drop forger at Clifford and Jacobs Company; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin served in the United States Army during
11 World War II in the European Theatre of Operation Normandy at
12 the end of the war; he was a fifty year volunteer at the
13 Danville Veteran's Center; and
 
14     WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the First Presbyterian
15 Church of Champaign, where he was a former deacon on two
16 occasions; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the Piatt Historical
18 and Genealogical Society, the American Legion Post #24, the VFW
19 Post #5520, the US Calvary Association, and the 106th Cavalry
20 Regiment Association; he was a member and former state
21 commander of the Amvets Post #3; and
 
22     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, three
23 brothers, and two sisters; and
 
24     WHEREAS, The passing of Raymond W. "Burrhead" Lamkin has
25 been deeply felt by many, especially his wife; his daughter,
26 Patsy Ann Spinks; his grandchild; and his two sisters, Patricia
27 Ford and Evelyn Pierce; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
2 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
3 we mourn the passing of Raymond W. Lamkin, and we extend our
4 sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew
5 and loved him; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
8 sympathy for their loss.