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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Don E.
4 Peacock of Mt. Vernon on July 27, 2006, after a valiant battle
5 against cancer; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Mr. Peacock was born on August 29, 1939, in
7 Jefferson County to Henry Harrison Peacock and Beatrice Fern
8 (Hughey) Peacock; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He was the owner and operator of Peacock Printing
10 in Mt. Vernon from 1977 to 2001; he served his country as a
11 member of the U.S. Army in Korea during peace time; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He was a member of Logan Street Baptist Church,
13 the Mt. Vernon Kiwanis (past president and past district
14 lieutenant governor Southern Illinois), the Sweet Corn and
15 Watermelon Festival, the Jefferson County Chamber of Commerce
16 (Commission Citizen of the Year in 2000 and Small Business Man
17 of the Year in 1990), the Jefferson County Historical Society,
18 the Mt. Vernon Elks Lodge, the Eagles Lodge, the Moose Lodge,
19 the AMVETS, the VFW, and the American Legion; and
 
20     WHEREAS, During his valiant battle with cancer, Mr. Peacock
21 served as the Grand Marshall of the Jefferson County Relay for
22 Life on June 2-3, 2006, at Veterans Park; and
 
23     WHEREAS, Mr. Peacock had served on the boards of the
24 Jefferson County Epilepsy Foundation, St. Mary's Home Health,
25 and the Jefferson County Crime Stoppers; he was an Honorary
26 Member of the Mt. Vernon Jaycees and active in the Southern
27 Illinois Employee Relations Association Greater Egypt Planning
28 Commission, the Jefferson County Relay for Life, the YMCA of
29 Jefferson County, Big Brother Big Sisters, Jefferson County
30 Toys for Kids, Minority Affairs and Human Relations, and the

 

 

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1 American Cancer Society - Road to Recovery; and
 
2     WHEREAS, The passing of Don E. Peacock has been deeply felt
3 by many, especially his sons, Michael Lee Peacock and wife
4 Karen, Mark Alan Peacock and wife Ann, Jeffrey Dean Peacock,
5 and Donald Gene Peacock and wife Catherine; his stepdaughters,
6 Jamie Ann Longmire and husband John and Carrie Jewell Smith and
7 husband Mark; his grandchildren, Kristy Williams, Rebecca
8 Michelle Marquis, Lori Peacock, Leslie Peacock, Daniel
9 Fortman, Amie, Taylor, Ian, Anna, and William Peacock, Trevor,
10 Alec, and Rita Groh, Jonathan and Zachary Longmire, and Lacy
11 and Grant Smith; his great-grandchildren, Gabriel Daniels,
12 Hunter Braden, and Malik Groh; and his many nieces and nephews;
13 he was preceded in death by his parents; his sister, Wanda
14 Cocker; and his brother, Larry Peacock; therefore, be it
 
15     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17 we mourn the passing of Don E. Peacock, and we extend our
18 deepest sympathy to his family, his friends, and all who knew
19 and loved him; and be it further
 
20     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
21 presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest
22 condolences.