Full Text of HR0452 095th General Assembly
HR0452 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Private First Class Cole Edward Spencer of Gays on April 28, | 5 |
| 2007, in Salman Pak, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Private First Class Cole Edward Spencer was born | 7 |
| on October 26, 1985 in Kokomo, Indiana; his parents were Mark | 8 |
| Edward and Candice L. (Webb) Spencer; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, PFC Cole Edward Spencer attended Windsor schools | 10 |
| and Heritage Baptist Academy; upon his entry into the U.S. | 11 |
| Army, he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 15th Infantry | 12 |
| Regiment, 3rd Brigade Combat Team of the 3rd Infantry Division, | 13 |
| Fort Benning, Georgia; he was deployed to Iraq in March 2007, | 14 |
| where he served with Task Force Marne, patrolling southeast of | 15 |
| Baghdad; and
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| WHEREAS, PFC Cole Edward Spencer was a member of the | 17 |
| Calvary Baptist Church in Gays; he was an avid outdoorsman and | 18 |
| loved to spend time at the River Farm with his friends and | 19 |
| family; and | 20 |
| WHEREAS, PFC Cole Edward Spencer is survived by his | 21 |
| parents, Mark and Candice Spencer; his brother, Brian Spencer; |
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| his paternal grandparents, Edd and Wilma Spencer, and Jim and | 2 |
| Luwauna Manuel; his maternal grandparents, Wilene Webb and the | 3 |
| late Ron Webb; his half sister, Kari Martin; and his fiancée, | 4 |
| Amy Purvis; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of U.S. | 8 |
| Army Private First Class Cole Edward Spencer; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private First Class | 10 |
| Cole Edward Spencer and his willingness to serve our country | 11 |
| which led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Private First Class Cole Edward | 15 |
| Spencer as an expression of our sympathy.
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