Full Text of SR0576 101st General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Jesse Willard Parker of Normal, who | 4 | | passed away on July 14, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was born in Baldwin County, Alabama | 6 | | to Coey E. and Cornelia Thomley Parker on July 2, 1927; during | 7 | | World War II, he joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 17 | 8 | | and served on a ship off the coast of France during the | 9 | | invasion; he served in the United States Army during the Korean | 10 | | War; he married Dorothy Eswine in Evansville, Indiana on April | 11 | | 25, 1953; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker sold fertilizer for VEE CEE after his | 13 | | army service; he was then hired as a letter carrier for the | 14 | | United States Postal Service; he delivered mail for most of his | 15 | | working life and also served as the Vehicle Operations | 16 | | Maintenance Assistant (VOMA); he retired as the postmaster of | 17 | | the Lexington Post Office; he continued to serve in the | 18 | | National Guard, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was a member of the American Legion | 20 | | and Calvary Baptist Church in Normal; he was a 33rd Degree | 21 | | Mason and a member of the Mohammed Shrine and the Eastern Star; | 22 | | he was an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, and hunter; he was a |
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| 1 | | gifted storyteller; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was preceded in death by his wife, | 3 | | Dorothy; his sisters, Louise Lucas and Annie; and his brothers, | 4 | | Coey Jr. and William; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker is survived by his daughter, Sandra | 6 | | "Sandy" Parker; his sisters, Ida Belle Monks and Lil Morton; | 7 | | his brother, Bob (Charlene); his half-sister, Judy Woods; and | 8 | | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Jesse Willard Parker and extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Jesse Parker as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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