Full Text of SR0267 95th General Assembly
SR0267 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Samuel Richard Herndon of Roxana, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 23, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was born October 5, 1924, in Bonne | 6 |
| Terre, Missouri, to Rodney and Erma (Kneedler) Herndon; he | 7 |
| married the former Mary Chesser on November 28, 1947, in | 8 |
| Sedalia, Missouri; and
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| WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was a World War II veteran, serving | 10 |
| with the United States Army Air Corps; he was a director of | 11 |
| guidance for several years at Roxana High School; he had also | 12 |
| been a Roxana village trustee and with the board of directors | 13 |
| for Community Education Federal Credit Union; and
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| WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was a lifetime member of the | 15 |
| National Education Association and the Illinois Education | 16 |
| Association; he was active on various committees at St. Paul | 17 |
| United Methodist Church in Rosewood Heights, where he was a | 18 |
| charter member of the United Methodist Men; and he was an | 19 |
| inductee into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame; and
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| WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was preceded in death by his | 21 |
| parents and one brother, Carl Herndon; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Samuel Herndon will be deeply felt | 2 |
| by those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Mary; his | 3 |
| sons, James Herndon and his wife, Jane, David Herndon and his | 4 |
| fiancee, Deborah Graham, and John Herndon and his wife, Diane; | 5 |
| his grandchildren, Matthew and Jennifer Herndon, Alicia Martin | 6 |
| and her husband, Joseph, Neil, Erin, and Ian Herndon; his | 7 |
| great-grandchildren, Kiley and Katie Herndon, Noah, Ethan and | 8 |
| Emma Martin; and his sister, Virginia Weatherly; therefore, be | 9 |
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Samuel Richard Herndon; | 13 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Samuel Richard Herndon as a symbol | 16 |
| of our sympathy.
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