Full Text of SR0579 93rd General Assembly
SR0579 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply | 3 |
| saddened to learn of the death of William H. "Bill" Hobbs on | 4 |
| May 24, 2004; and | 5 |
| WHEREAS, He was born on July 16, 1917, in Franklin County, | 6 |
| the son of W.C. "Willie" and Allie (Beaty) Hobbs; on April 16, | 7 |
| 1938, in Morganfield, Kentucky, he married Lillian Belle | 8 |
| (Collins); and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hobbs was the owner and operator of Hobbs & | 10 |
| Son John Deere in Benton for 23 years; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, He was a member of the North Benton Baptist Church | 12 |
| since 1981, where he served as deacon; he, along with Mrs. | 13 |
| Hobbs, were active in the Joy group at the church; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a former member of the Ag Advisory Board at | 15 |
| Rend Lake College; he had been a 4-H leader for several years; | 16 |
| he was a member of the Liars Club, the Franklin County Soil and | 17 |
| Water Conservation Board, the Mississippi Valley Farm | 18 |
| Equipment Dealers Association, and was a former school board | 19 |
| member of the Steel City School District; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of William H. "Bill" Hobbs will be | 21 |
| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Lillian Hobbs; his | 22 |
| son, Larry Hobbs and wife Nancy; his daughter, Kathy Shaw and | 23 |
| husband the Rev. Richard Shaw; his grandchildren, David Hobbs | 24 |
| and wife Amy, Danny Hobbs and wife Kara, Jeremy Shaw and wife | 25 |
| Jody, and Gretchen Vance and husband Dean; his | 26 |
| great-grandchildren, Daniel Hobbs, Will Hobbs, and Fiona Shaw; | 27 |
| and his sister, Lorene Page; and | 28 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, W.C. | 29 |
| "Willie" and Allie (Beaty) Hobbs; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 3 |
| William H. "Bill" Hobbs along with all who knew and loved him | 4 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of William H. "Bill" Hobbs as an | 8 |
| expression of our deepest sympathy.
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