Full Text of SR0397 94th General Assembly
SR0397 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Hosea Auburn Thomas of | 4 |
| West Frankfort on August 5, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Thomas was born December 23, 1920, in
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| County, to William C. and Etta (Engram) Thomas; he married | 7 |
| Jylonda Irene Murphy on May 29, 1945; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a World War II veteran, serving as a | 9 |
| technical sergeant in the U.S. Army with Merrill's Marauders in | 10 |
| Burma; he was a lifetime coal miner, retiring in 1983 from the | 11 |
| Old Ben Coal Company; and he was a member of Caldwell Baptist | 12 |
| Church in Benton; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his four | 14 |
| sisters and four brothers; his son-in-law, Leonard Trotter; and | 15 |
| his great-grandchild, Kody Morhet; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Hosea Thomas is felt by all who | 17 |
| knew and loved him, especially his wife of 60 years, Jylonda; | 18 |
| his children, Terry Trotter, Hosea Thomas Jr. and wife Marilyn, | 19 |
| Ervin Thomas and wife Paula, Mike Thomas and wife Lisa, Janet | 20 |
| Wilson and husband Chris, Stacy Thomas and wife Judy, and Tracy | 21 |
| Thomas and wife Lori; his 23 grandchildren and 12 | 22 |
| great-grandchildren; and his sisters, Anna Melvin and Hazel | 23 |
| Gunter; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 25 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 26 |
| Hosea Thomas and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 27 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 29 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest |
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