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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Tommy K. Martin of Tuscola, who passed
4 away on July 17, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Tommy K. Martin was born on December 12, 1947 in
6 Tuscola; he was the son of Clestes O. and Mary Edna Loyd
7 Martin; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Tommy K. Martin graduated from Tuscola Community
9 High School in 1966; he proudly served his country as a member
10 of the U.S. Navy during the Vietnam War; he started with the
11 Illinois State Police in 1978, working as a Crime Scene
12 Investigator and CSI Field Supervisor; his duties included
13 Training Coordinator and Quality Assurance Manager for the
14 entire crime scene services command until his retirement in
15 2002; he was an Instructor at the Criminal Justice Institute in
16 Little Rock, Arkansas; he began serving as Chief Deputy Sheriff
17 of Douglas County in 2004; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Tommy K. Martin was a member of the Tuscola
19 Warrior VFW Post #1009, Tuscola American Legion Post #27,
20 Watkins Glen, NY American Legion Post #555, Watkins Glen, NY
21 Elks Lodge # 1546, Tuscola Moose Lodge # 729, and the Tuscola
22 Masonic Lodge #331, AF & AM; he was also a member and deacon of

 

 

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1 the Tuscola United Church of Christ; and
 
2     WHEREAS, Tommy K. Martin was preceded in death by his
3 parents and his brother, Gary Martin; and
 
4     WHEREAS, Tommy K. Martin was survived by his son, Daniel
5 Loyd Martin; his daughter, Laura Pitts, and her husband, Doug;
6 his brother, Robert Martin; and his grandchildren, Lexie,
7 Kathy, and Corey; therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 his family and friends, the passing of Tommy K. Martin; and be
11 it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Tommy K. Martin as an expression of
14 our sympathy.