Full Text of SR0726 097th 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 Elvis Nolen of West City, who passed away | 4 | | on April 6, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen was born on February 18, 1926, in West | 6 | | Frankfort; he was the son of Oren and Genieve (DePriest) Nolen; | 7 | | he married Dorothy Bearden Reed on May 25, 1984, in the Third | 8 | | Baptist Church of West Frankfort; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen served as a member of the United | 10 | | States Navy during World War II in the Pacific Campaign; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen began his career as a school teacher | 12 | | after graduating from Southern Illinois University and the | 13 | | University of Illinois; he served as the regional | 14 | | superintendant of schools for Franklin County for many years; | 15 | | after retiring, he operated Budman's Hydraulic for his aunt, | 16 | | Bernice Murphy, and was assisted by his shop foreman and | 17 | | friend, Jay Coleman; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen was a licensed pilot who flew to | 19 | | meetings in various cities during his career and was associated | 20 | | with Civil Air Patrol; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen was a 58-year member of Masonic Lodge | 2 | | 802 in Carterville; he was also a member of the Ainad Shriners | 3 | | Temple of East St. Louis, the Franklin County Shrine Club, | 4 | | Scottish Rite, Orient American Legion Post 1961, West Frankfort | 5 | | Elks Club 1340, the Franklin County Retired Teachers | 6 | | Association, and the Illinois Association of Retired Regional | 7 | | Superintendants of Schools; he was also a past president of the | 8 | | Illinois Association of County Officials and a past president | 9 | | of the Illinois Association of Regional Superintendants of | 10 | | Schools; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen was preceded in death by his parents; | 12 | | and | 13 | | WHEREAS, Elvis Nolen is survived by his wife, Dorothy | 14 | | Nolen; his daughters, Karran Nolen Crombar and Janis Reed | 15 | | Thomas and her husband, Skip; his grandchildren, Allen Crombar | 16 | | and his wife, Deanna, Lance Crombar and his wife, Brooke, and | 17 | | Brandon Mandrell and his wife, Alex; his great-grandchildren, | 18 | | Kate and Corey Crombar and Harper Mandrell; his special aunt, | 19 | | Bernice Murphy; his cousins, Karen Novy and her husband, John, | 20 | | Kathy Reilly, and Bob DePriest and his wife, Margo; his other | 21 | | family members, Charles and Kaye Howell, Robert Barnfield, Alan | 22 | | and Vicki Barnfield, Mary Mandrell, and Mekaela; his special | 23 | | helpful neighbors, Roger and Tami Price and Bob and Betsy | 24 | | Varis; and his special longtime friend, SIU President Glenn |
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| 1 | | Poshard and his wife, Jo; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 3 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 | | his family and friends, the passing of Elvis Nolen; and be it | 5 | | further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of Elvis Nolen as an expression of our | 8 | | sympathy.
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