Full Text of SR0411 94th General Assembly
SR0411 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 Mayple Grace (Joplin) | 4 |
| Meacham of West Frankfort on Thursday, July 21, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born on March 15, 1927, in Franklin County | 6 |
| to Frank Absher and Gracie (Tanner) Absher; and
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| WHEREAS, She was a Christian and a member of Glad Tidings | 8 |
| Church in West Frankfort; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mayple Grace (Joplin) Meacham has | 10 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially her daughters, Karen | 11 |
| Cunningham, Martha Jane Walker, and Jaye "Kandie" Roberts; her | 12 |
| sons, John K. Joplin, Jeff Joplin, Jack Andrew Joplin, and | 13 |
| Lawrence Wayne Joplin; her 12 grandchildren; her 17 | 14 |
| great-grandchildren; and her great-great-grandchild; she was | 15 |
| preceded in death by her parents; her first husband, Andrew Doc | 16 |
| Joplin on May 24, 1957; her second husband, Kenneth Wayne | 17 |
| Meacham on April 4, 1994; her four sisters; her two brothers; | 18 |
| her granddaughter, Bonnie Jervis Halcomb; and her son-in-law, | 19 |
| Kenneth Cunningham; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 22 |
| Mayple Grace (Joplin) Meacham, and we extend our sincerest | 23 |
| condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 24 |
| her; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 26 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 27 |
| sympathy.
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