Full Text of HR0589 96th General Assembly
HR0589 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Melvin D. | 4 |
| Patton of Columbia, who passed away on August 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Melvin Patton was born May 2, 1942, in Belleville; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, He starred in two sports, basketball and baseball, | 8 |
| at Belleville Township High School, played one year at Southern | 9 |
| Illinois University at Carbondale, then signed with the St. | 10 |
| Louis Cardinals in 1962; while playing in the Mon-Clair league, | 11 |
| he was a two time batting champion (.489 in 1969 and .359 in | 12 |
| 1971), and led championship teams at Valmeyer, and became a | 13 |
| charter member of the Mon-Clair Hall of Fame; and | 14 |
| WHEREAS, He obtained a Bachelor's degree in business | 15 |
| administration at Southern Illinois University in Carbondale, | 16 |
| and a law degree from St. Louis University; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a teacher at Wirth Junior High in Cahokia, | 18 |
| and at Collinsville High School, which led to a position as | 19 |
| director of business services at Florissant Valley Community | 20 |
| College; from 1985 to 1998, he was vice president of Business | 21 |
| and Finance at Fontbonne College in St. Louis, and then became |
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| director of the Sunset Hills (Missouri) Campus of Vatterott | 2 |
| College; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as the public address announcer during | 4 |
| the annual Valmeyer 4th of July Classic; and he was also a | 5 |
| member of the Greater St. Louis amateur Baseball Hall of Fame; | 6 |
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Edgar and | 8 |
| Jonelia, nee Becherer, Patton; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Candace I., nee | 10 |
| Wilson, Patton; his daughter, Kim (Tedd) Bacott; his sons, | 11 |
| Deron Patton and J.D. (Tara) Patton; his grandchildren, Ryan, | 12 |
| Caitlin, Ashley, J.T., Emma, Brittni, Kaitlyn, Kadence, Beau, | 13 |
| and Berlyn; and his brother, Larry; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 15 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 16 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Melvin | 17 |
| Patton; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Melvin D. Patton as a symbol of our | 20 |
| sincere sympathy.
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