Bill Text: IL SR0865 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced


Bill Title: Mourns the death of Frederick Anton "Tony" Fleming of Athens, Georgia.

Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)

Status: (Passed) 2014-02-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0865 Detail]

Download: Illinois-2013-SR0865-Introduced.html


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SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of Frederick Anton "Tony" Fleming of Athens,
4Georgia, who passed away on January 10, 2014; and
5 WHEREAS, Tony Fleming was a graduate of Briarcliff High
6School in Atlanta, Georgia and Georgia State University; he
7served his country with the United States Army 82nd Airborne
8Division at Fort Bragg, North Carolina; and
9 WHEREAS, Tony Fleming worked as a journalist and was
10associated with Thomson Reuters for the past 9 years; he was an
11award-winning sports editor at the Americus Times-Recorder;
12and
13 WHEREAS, Tony Fleming enjoyed woodworking, being a
14wordsmith, sports, and music; and
15 WHEREAS, Tony Fleming was preceded in death by his father,
16William Torrance Fleming, Sr.; and
17 WHEREAS, Tony Fleming is survived by his wife, Faye Beck
18Fleming; his mother, Frederica L. Fleming Newsome (John P.);
19his brother, William T. "Buddy" Fleming, Jr.; his sisters,
20Katherine F. Cullerton (Jeffrey H.) and Laura F. McKellar

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1(Russell D.); his aunts, Mary Linda Thomas and Virginia F.
2Matthews; his nephews, William T. Fleming, III, David W.
3McKellar, and Lewis M. Fleming; his nieces Meghan R. McKellar
4and Katherine G. McKellar; and his cousins and treasured
5canines; therefore, be it
6 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL
7ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
8Frederick Anton "Tony" Fleming, and extend our sincere
9condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
10him; and be it further
11 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
12presented to the family of Tony Fleming as an expression of our
13deepest sympathy.
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