Bill Text: IL HJR0118 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 116 from Roanoke to Metamora as the "SPC Phillip J. Pannier Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Failed) 2019-01-08 - Session Sine Die [HJR0118 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-HJR0118-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 the truly great individuals | ||||||
| 4 | who have served our country and, in so doing, have gone above | ||||||
| 5 | and beyond the call of duty in truly heroic acts; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Specialist Phillip Pannier was born on December 5, | ||||||
| 7 | 1987 in Peoria; his parents were Donald and Robyn Amigoni | ||||||
| 8 | Pannier; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier graduated in 2006 from | ||||||
| 10 | Roanoke-Benson High School, where he was active in band, FFA, | ||||||
| 11 | football, and soccer; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier began his military career with | ||||||
| 13 | basic training at Fort Benning, Georgia; he achieved his rank | ||||||
| 14 | of private first class, serving his home post at Fort Campbell, | ||||||
| 15 | Kentucky; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier was killed in action on | ||||||
| 17 | January 8, 2008, while serving in Operation Iraqi Freedom; he | ||||||
| 18 | was posthumously promoted to the rank of specialist; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier was a member of St. Paul | ||||||
| 20 | Lutheran Church in Benson; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier enjoyed being outdoors on the | ||||||
| 2 | farm; he was also active with the Happy Hustlers 4-H Club and | ||||||
| 3 | was an avid deer hunter; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 5 | paternal and maternal grandparents, and his brother, Dale Opie | ||||||
| 6 | Pannier; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, SPC Phillip Pannier was survived by his parents; | ||||||
| 8 | his brothers, Dan (Karin) Pannier and Benjamin Pannier; his | ||||||
| 9 | sister-in-law, Tanya; his nieces and nephews, Kaitlyn, Karly, | ||||||
| 10 | Kiefer, Jessica, Colton, and Dalana; and his fiancee, Jennifer | ||||||
| 11 | Held; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 13 | HUNDREDTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE SENATE | ||||||
| 14 | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of Illinois | ||||||
| 15 | Route 116 from Roanoke to Metamora as the SPC Phillip J. | ||||||
| 16 | Pannier Memorial Highway; and be it further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 18 | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with | ||||||
| 19 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 20 | giving notice of the name of the SPC Phillip J. Pannier | ||||||
| 21 | Memorial Highway; and be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of | ||||||
| 3 | Transportation, the Village of Metamora, the Village of | ||||||
| 4 | Roanoke, and the family of Specialist Phillip Pannier.
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