Bill Text: IL HJR0039 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the section of Illinois 133 in Oakland as the "Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 4-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0039 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0039-Introduced.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
| 3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to truly great individuals who | ||||||
| 4 | have served our country and, in doing so, have made the | ||||||
| 5 | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth was born on May | ||||||
| 7 | 28, 1982 in Mattoon, the oldest son of Robert and Kimberly | ||||||
| 8 | Pierson Southworth; he was raised and educated in Oakland and | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from Oakland High School in 2000; he later graduated | ||||||
| 10 | from Lakeland College and Eastern Illinois University, where | ||||||
| 11 | he was in the ROTC program; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Southworth married Chrissy Lynn Royer | ||||||
| 13 | at the Oakland Christian Church on March 24, 2001; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Southworth was part of the HHC 2/130 | ||||||
| 15 | Infantry Division of the Illinois National Guard and a United | ||||||
| 16 | States Army Ranger; he lived his life by the motto "God, | ||||||
| 17 | Family, Country"; he was a member of the Oakland Christian | ||||||
| 18 | Church, a devoted husband, father, son, and brother, and loved | ||||||
| 19 | the National Guard, considering it his privilege to serve his | ||||||
| 20 | country; and
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Southworth served the community of | ||||||
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| 1 | Oakland as a part-time police officer and befriended many; he | ||||||
| 2 | will always be remembered for his abilities on the baseball | ||||||
| 3 | field and for his general love of life; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Southworth was killed while serving | ||||||
| 5 | his country in Helmand, Afghanistan on February 8, 2009; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Lieutenant Southworth was preceded in death by | ||||||
| 7 | his great-grandmother, Ettoil Coon; his paternal grandfather, | ||||||
| 8 | William Southworth; and his maternal grandfather, Robert | ||||||
| 9 | Pierson; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, At the time of his passing, Lieutenant Southworth | ||||||
| 11 | was survived by his wife, Chrissy Southworth; his four | ||||||
| 12 | children, Logan, Owen, Carly, and Ally; his parents, Bob and | ||||||
| 13 | Kim Southworth; his brother, Michael Southworth and his | ||||||
| 14 | fiancée, Katie O'Connor; his sister, Nikki Bancroft and her | ||||||
| 15 | husband, Brian; his nephew, Preston Bancroft; his paternal | ||||||
| 16 | grandmother, Karen Watson; and his maternal grandparents, Gene | ||||||
| 17 | and Joan Hartke; therefore, be it
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| 18 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 19 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 20 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the section of | ||||||
| 21 | Illinois 133 in Oakland as the "Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth | ||||||
| 22 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Lieutenant Southworth, the Mayor of | ||||||
| 3 | Oakland, and the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 4 | Transportation.
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