Bill Text: IL HR0543 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Wesley L. Barr Jr. of Springfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-28 - Resolution Adopted [HR0543 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0543-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 Wesley L. | ||||||
| 4 | "Wes" Barr Jr. of Springfield, who passed away on October 1, | ||||||
| 5 | 2019; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, Wes Barr was born on May 16, 1963; he lived in the | ||||||
| 7 | former John Hay Homes housing project on the East Side of | ||||||
| 8 | Springfield until he was 13; then, he worked at McDonald's and | ||||||
| 9 | graduated from Southeast High School; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, After graduating from high school, Wes Barr joined | ||||||
| 11 | the United States Marines and then served as a correctional | ||||||
| 12 | officer at the Sangamon County Jail and as a police officer in | ||||||
| 13 | the communities of Loami, Illiopolis, and Chatham; he joined | ||||||
| 14 | the Sangamon County Sheriff's Office in 1991; he was elected as | ||||||
| 15 | a trustee for Prairie Creek Township in 2009 and 2013; he | ||||||
| 16 | served as Sangamon County Sheriff from 2014 until 2018; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Wes Barr and his wife, Sherry, served with several | ||||||
| 18 | charitable and community organizations, including Contact | ||||||
| 19 | Ministries, the Illinois Capital Area Chapter of the American | ||||||
| 20 | Red Cross, Habitat for Humanity, the United Cerebral Palsy | ||||||
| 21 | Fund, and the Springfield Park District Foundation Board; in | ||||||
| 22 | 2007, he was named First Citizen by The State Journal Register | ||||||
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| 1 | partially because of his work with Toys for Tots, which | ||||||
| 2 | collected 14,000 toys in 2006 under his local leadership; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Wes Barr is survived by his wife of 24 years, | ||||||
| 4 | Sherry Coons; his father, Wesley L. Barr Sr.; his sisters, | ||||||
| 5 | Betty (Hip) Phu and Robin (Wymond) Stubbs; his brothers, | ||||||
| 6 | Michael and Joe Barr; and several aunts, uncles, nieces, | ||||||
| 7 | nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 8 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 9 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 10 | we mourn the passing of Wesley L. "Wes" Barr Jr. and extend our | ||||||
| 11 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
| 12 | and loved him; and be it further
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| 13 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 14 | presented to the family of Wes Barr as an expression of our | ||||||
| 15 | deepest sympathy.
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