SR0174 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Charles B. Jackson Sr., who passed away on May 4, 2007; and

WHEREAS, He was born November 16, 1921, in the Administration Building of the Western Military Academy in Alton to Ralph Leroy and Mary (Borden) Jackson; and

WHEREAS, He and the former Jane Figgatt were married on June 14, 1947; Charles Jackson Sr. graduated from the former Western Military Academy in 1939 and continued his education at Washington and Lee University in Lexington, Virginia; and

WHEREAS, His college years were interrupted when he enlisted in the United States Army Air Corps during World War II and served as an officer in North Africa, Italy, and Germany; after the war, he was a decorated veteran who returned to Washington and Lee and graduated in 1947; he was a history teacher, coach, and administrator at Western Military Academy until the school closed in 1971; he taught at Civic Memorial High School from 1971 until 1988, when he retired; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and three brothers, Albert, Ralph, and William Jackson; and

WHEREAS, The passing of Charles Jackson Sr. will be deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Jane; his sons and their families, C.B. and Ellen Jackson and their children, Matthew, Jane, David and Thomas, and Randy and Lynne Jackson and their sons, Luke and Tyler; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Charles B. Jackson Sr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Charles B. Jackson Sr. as a symbol of our sympathy.