Bill Text: IL SR1420 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Royce Bates.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2021-01-13 - Resolution Adopted [SR1420 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR1420-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 Royce N. Bates of Milan, who passed away | ||||||
4 | on September 20, 2020; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Royce Bates was born to William and Georgia | ||||||
6 | (Harris) Bates in Conway, Arkansas on August 29, 1951; he | ||||||
7 | served in the U.S. Army; he married Perfecta Eguia in Milan on | ||||||
8 | July 21, 1973; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Royce Bates owned and operated Bates Roofing in | ||||||
10 | Milan for 45 years; he was also the business manager and dean | ||||||
11 | of students for the Bible Missionary Institute for many years; | ||||||
12 | and
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13 | WHEREAS, Royce Bates was a member of Trinity Bible | ||||||
14 | Missionary Church in Milan for 30 years where he served with | ||||||
15 | distinction, locally, on the district level, and for the | ||||||
16 | general church; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Royce Bates was preceded in death by his parents | ||||||
18 | and his sister, Lois Hoof; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Royce Bates is survived by his wife; his children, | ||||||
20 | Gayla (James) Howard, The Reverend Royce (DeAnna) Bates Jr., |
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1 | and Leila (The Reverend Aaron) Dowd; his grandchildren, Chad | ||||||
2 | (Kayla), Ashlyn, Neal, Trenton, Brenton, Jenna, Garren, | ||||||
3 | Stewart, Kristen, Carson, Carter, Truitt, Shane, Jason, | ||||||
4 | Lillyana, and Brooke; and his siblings, Rick (Denise) Bates, | ||||||
5 | Randy (Gayle) Bates, and Kayla Bates; therefore, be it
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6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
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8 | Royce N. Bates and extend our sincere
condolences to his | ||||||
9 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved
him; and be it | ||||||
10 | further
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11 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
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12 | presented to the family of Royce Bates as an expression of
our | ||||||
13 | deepest sympathy.
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