Bill Text: IL SR0576 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Jesse Willard Parker of Normal.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0576 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0576-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Jesse Willard Parker of Normal, who | ||||||
4 | passed away on July 14, 2019; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was born in Baldwin County, Alabama | ||||||
6 | to Coey E. and Cornelia Thomley Parker on July 2, 1927; during | ||||||
7 | World War II, he joined the Merchant Marines at the age of 17 | ||||||
8 | and served on a ship off the coast of France during the | ||||||
9 | invasion; he served in the United States Army during the Korean | ||||||
10 | War; he married Dorothy Eswine in Evansville, Indiana on April | ||||||
11 | 25, 1953; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker sold fertilizer for VEE CEE after his | ||||||
13 | army service; he was then hired as a letter carrier for the | ||||||
14 | United States Postal Service; he delivered mail for most of his | ||||||
15 | working life and also served as the Vehicle Operations | ||||||
16 | Maintenance Assistant (VOMA); he retired as the postmaster of | ||||||
17 | the Lexington Post Office; he continued to serve in the | ||||||
18 | National Guard, rising to the rank of Lieutenant Colonel; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was a member of the American Legion | ||||||
20 | and Calvary Baptist Church in Normal; he was a 33rd Degree | ||||||
21 | Mason and a member of the Mohammed Shrine and the Eastern Star; | ||||||
22 | he was an avid outdoorsman, fisherman, and hunter; he was a |
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1 | gifted storyteller; and
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2 | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
3 | Dorothy; his sisters, Louise Lucas and Annie; and his brothers, | ||||||
4 | Coey Jr. and William; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Jesse Parker is survived by his daughter, Sandra | ||||||
6 | "Sandy" Parker; his sisters, Ida Belle Monks and Lil Morton; | ||||||
7 | his brother, Bob (Charlene); his half-sister, Judy Woods; and | ||||||
8 | many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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9 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
10 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
11 | Jesse Willard Parker and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
12 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
13 | further
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14 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
15 | presented to the family of Jesse Parker as an expression of our | ||||||
16 | deepest sympathy.
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