Bill Text: IL HJR0136 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of Illinois Route 146 from the Pope County line to the city limits of Elizabethtown as the Deputy Elizabeth Edwards Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-31 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0136 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0136-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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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