Bill Text: IL HR1357 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of David L. "Monty" Rea of Whittington.
Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1)
Status: (Passed) 2014-12-02 - Resolution Adopted [HR1357 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-HR1357-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 David L. | ||||||
| 4 | "Monty" Rea of Whittington, who passed away on October 15, | ||||||
| 5 | 2014; and
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| 6 | WHEREAS, David Rea was born on April 5, 1957 in Benton; his | ||||||
| 7 | parents were David R. and Carole (nee Taylor) Rea; he married | ||||||
| 8 | Marsha (nee Whittington) Rea on August 4, 1979 in Benton; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, David Rea was in the original group that organized | ||||||
| 10 | the Ewing-Northern Fire Protection District and was the only | ||||||
| 11 | chief of the District from 1992 until his passing; he began | ||||||
| 12 | coal mining in 1979 and most recently worked at the Night Hawk | ||||||
| 13 | Coal Company; he was also an 18-year member of the | ||||||
| 14 | Ewing-Northern Grade School Board and was a member of the Ewing | ||||||
| 15 | Township Board from 1982 until his passing; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, David Rea was a member of Whittington Baptist | ||||||
| 17 | Church; and
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| 18 | WHEREAS, David Rea enjoyed hunting, fishing, farming, and | ||||||
| 19 | spending time with his family, especially his grandsons; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, David Rea was preceded in death by his | ||||||
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| 1 | father-in-law, Noel Whittington, and his grandparents, Verbal | ||||||
| 2 | and Anna Belle Rea and Kenneth and Viola Taylor; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, David Rea is survived by his wife, Marsha; 2 | ||||||
| 4 | daughters, Whitney (Johnny) Winstead and Haley (Cory) Smith; 3 | ||||||
| 5 | grandchildren, Bentley Rea Smith, Blakely Pavin Smith, and | ||||||
| 6 | Sawyer Michael Winstead; his parents, David and Carole Rea; a | ||||||
| 7 | sister, Diana (Keith) Ing; his mother-in-law, J. Irene | ||||||
| 8 | Whittington; a grandmother, Edith Taylor; a brother-in-law, | ||||||
| 9 | Mike (Donna) Whittington; and 4 nieces and nephews, Marci, | ||||||
| 10 | Eric, Lindsay, and Nathaniel; therefore, be it
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| 11 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
| 12 | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
| 13 | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | David L. "Monty" Rea; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of David Rea as an expression of our | ||||||
| 17 | sympathy.
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