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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of J.C. Mitchell of Marion on
4 Monday, September 4, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in Marion on February 2, 1925, to
6 Everett Edward and Margaret Helen (Hartman) Mitchell; he was a
7 graduate of Marion High School in 1942; he went on to attend
8 Northwestern University in Chicago for one year; and
 
9     WHEREAS, After his first year at Northwestern, he valiantly
10 served our country as a member of the U.S. Air Force during
11 WWII; he served in the European theater as a navigator of troop
12 carriers for the parachutists, flying planes trips into enemy
13 territory; he was honorably discharged with the rank of Second
14 Lieutenant; and
 
15     WHEREAS, He was united in marriage to Shirley Joanne Walker
16 on August 1, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri; together, they
17 shared more than 61 years of marriage; and
 
18     WHEREAS, After his military discharge, he resumed his
19 education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for one
20 semester; he went on to graduate from the Law School of the
21 University of Illinois Champaign in 1949; and
 
22     WHEREAS, Over the years, he practiced law with Attorney
23 Gordon Franklin, Attorney Frank Roan, Attorney Tony Armstrong,
24 State Representative John Bradley, and his own son, Bruce
25 Walker Mitchell; and
 
26     WHEREAS, After 55 years of practicing law, he tried to
27 semi-retire to Arizona, but law was too much a part of him; he
28 returned to Marion in January of 2005 and resumed practicing
29 with his son, Bruce; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, Attorney Mitchell was of the Methodist faith and
2 was a member of the Marion First United Methodist Church; he
3 was a member of the College of Trial Lawyers, and at the time
4 of his induction, he was the youngest lawyer ever inducted into
5 the organization; he also was a member of the Illinois Bar
6 Association, the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary
7 Commission, and the West Frankfort Country Club for 49 years;
8 he was a former member of the Marion Lions Club and the Marion
9 Elks Club B.P.O.E. No. 800, where he had served as Exalted
10 Ruler; he had also served as the attorney for the Board of the
11 Williamson County Airport Authority and the Marion Park
12 District; and
 
13     WHEREAS, He had a deep love for his family and enjoyed
14 playing golf at the Franklin County Country Club with the other
15 members of "The Bolognas"; and
 
16     WHEREAS, The passing of J.C. Mitchell has been deeply felt
17 by many, especially his wife, Shirley Mitchell; his daughter
18 and son-in-law, Deborah Leigh and Keith Wall, and their
19 children, Haley, Nathan, and Ethan; his son, Michael Geoffery
20 Mitchell; his brother and sister-in-law, Hartman and Marilyn
21 Mitchell; his niece, Michelle Mitchell; and his other extended
22 family members and many lifelong friends; he was preceded in
23 death by his parents; his son, Bruce Walker Mitchell on March
24 24, 2006; his grandsons, Shawn Michael Mitchell and Tyler Keith
25 Wall; and his brother, Charles Mitchell; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
27 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
28 J.C. Mitchell, and we extend our sincere condolences to his
29 family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
30 further
 
31     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

 

 

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1 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
2 sympathy.