Full Text of HJR0136 099th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | 3 | | pleased to honor those who have given their lives to protect | 4 | | the people of this State; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Elizabeth Mazella Edwards, the | 6 | | youngest daughter of Wayne and Nancie "Susie" Edwards, was born | 7 | | on June 2, 1979; she attended Hardin County schools, where she | 8 | | had many, many friends; she was active in softball, band, and | 9 | | cross-country; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, In May of 1997, Deputy Sheriff Edwards was | 11 | | baptized at the Hardin County Church of Christ; she graduated | 12 | | from Hardin County High School and spent a year at | 13 | | Freed-Hardeman University in Henderson, Tennessee, and | 14 | | attended Southeastern Illinois College; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After the events of September 11, 2001, Deputy | 16 | | Sheriff Edwards joined the United States Army Reserves and | 17 | | proudly served her country; she went on to serve in another | 18 | | capacity, becoming a Deputy for the Hardin County Sheriffs | 19 | | Department in the fall of 2005; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Deputy Sheriff Edwards was killed in the line of | 21 | | duty while responding to a traffic accident on February 12, |
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| 1 | | 2006; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 4 | | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | 5 | | Illinois Route 146 from the Pope County line to the city limits | 6 | | of Elizabethtown as the Deputy Elizabeth Edwards Memorial | 7 | | Highway; and be it further | 8 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | 9 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | 10 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | 11 | | giving notice of the name of the Deputy Elizabeth Edwards | 12 | | Memorial Highway; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Deputy Elizabeth Edwards and the | 15 | | Secretary of the Illinois Department of Transportation.
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