Bill Text: IL HR0409 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James Kenneth Powless.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-04-23 - Resolution Adopted [HR0409 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HR0409-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James | ||||||
4 | Kenneth Powless, who passed away on April 18, 2015; and
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5 | WHEREAS, James Powless was born in
Carbondale on April 9, | ||||||
6 | 1949 to Kenneth
Barnett and Emily Mary
(nee Cygnar) Powless; he | ||||||
7 | married Susan
Elizabeth Reed on June 13,
1970 in Marion; he | ||||||
8 | earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance in 1971 and a
Juris | ||||||
9 | Doctor in 1974 from the University of Illinois | ||||||
10 | Urbana-Champaign; and
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11 | WHEREAS, James Powless practiced law in Marion and owned | ||||||
12 | William
County Title and Abstract; and
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13 | WHEREAS, James Powless was a member of Aldersgate United | ||||||
14 | Methodist Church of
Marion; he enjoyed fishing, reading, | ||||||
15 | cooking, tinkering, teaching, and
listening to folk music; he | ||||||
16 | volunteered
for the Marion Regional Humane Society and | ||||||
17 | substitute taught
for the Marion and Carterville school | ||||||
18 | districts; he invested many years
coaching a summer softball | ||||||
19 | league; and
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20 | WHEREAS, James Powless was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
21 | and his father-in-law,
George Pullis; and
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1 | WHEREAS, James Powless is survived by his wife of 44 years, | ||||||
2 | Susan; his 2
daughters and son-in-law, Sarah Filkins and
Jamie | ||||||
3 | and Will Miller; his 3 grandsons, Colin Filkins,
Jack Miller, | ||||||
4 | and Finnegan Miller; his sisters, Linda Powless and Catherine | ||||||
5 | Powless; his brother and sister-in-law, David and Patty | ||||||
6 | Powless; his mother-in-law, Carol
Pullis; several nephews and | ||||||
7 | nieces; many friends; and
the many students whom he enjoyed | ||||||
8 | teaching in the Marion Unit
2 and Carterville Unit 5 school | ||||||
9 | districts; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
11 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | ||||||
12 | mourn the passing of James Kenneth Powless, and extend our | ||||||
13 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
14 | and loved him; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of James Powless as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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