Bill Text: IL SR1123 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the passing of Everett Earl Ledbetter.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2020-05-24 - Resolution Adopted [SR1123 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1123-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 Everett Earl Ledbetter of Springfield, | ||||||
| 4 | formerly of Sparta, who passed away on March 16, 2020; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Everett Ledbetter was born in Sparta to Katherine | ||||||
| 6 | (Saal) and Lewis Ledbetter on August 12, 1924; he served in the | ||||||
| 7 | U.S. Third Army, 76th Infantry during WWII, where he fought in | ||||||
| 8 | Belgium at the Battle of the Bulge and Bastogne; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Everett Ledbetter worked at World Color Press in | ||||||
| 10 | Sparta; he moved to Springfield to work at the Journal Star in | ||||||
| 11 | Peoria around 1959; he later worked at the Springfield | ||||||
| 12 | Journal-Register; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Everett Ledbetter will be remembered as a devoted | ||||||
| 14 | husband, father, and grandfather; he was a member of the | ||||||
| 15 | Springfield Southern Baptist Church; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Everett Ledbetter was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 17 | first wife, Reba Scott Ledbetter; his second wife, Dorothy | ||||||
| 18 | Millner Bush Ledbetter; his son, Nolan Ledbetter; his | ||||||
| 19 | daughter-in-law, Kay Ledbetter; his brother, Bill Ledbetter; | ||||||
| 20 | his sisters, Mildred McIntyre, Edith Howie, and Edna Baily; and | ||||||
| 21 | his parents; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Everett Ledbetter is survived by his sons, Earl | ||||||
| 2 | Gene Ledbetter and Russell (Mary Jane) Ledbetter; his | ||||||
| 3 | grandchildren, Richard (Betty) Ledbetter, Sherri Kay Whitmore, | ||||||
| 4 | Lisa Marie Brown, Diane Marie (John) Baranzelli, Christopher | ||||||
| 5 | Joseph (Amy) Ledbetter, Jamie Lynn (Brandon) Bowden, and Robin | ||||||
| 6 | Leigh Ledbetter; his stepdaughters, Linda Bush Prince and Sandy | ||||||
| 7 | Bush Howard; his step-grandchildren, Shelly Gresham, Susan | ||||||
| 8 | Bowen, and Scott Morehead; and his many great-grandchildren and | ||||||
| 9 | great-great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 11 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 12 | Everett Earl Ledbetter and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 13 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 14 | further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 16 | presented to the family of Everett Ledbetter as an expression | ||||||
| 17 | of our deepest sympathy.
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