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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Charles R. Smith Sr. of Bunker Hill, who 
4passed away on December 13, 2017; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Charles Smith Sr. was born to Robert J. and Gladys 
6(Moore) Smith on September 17, 1925; he was a veteran of the 
7United States Army and served during World War II; he married 
8Mary Crays in Arkansas; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Charles Smith Sr. worked as a heavy equipment 
10operator, a position from which he retired; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Charles Smith Sr. was a member of the Bethlehem 
12Baptist Church; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Charles Smith Sr. was preceded in death by his 
14parents; his wife, Mary; his children, Joy Faye Smith and 
15Billie Jo Smith; his granddaughter, Carol Tolle; his brothers, 
16James Smith and Norman Smith; and his sister, Betty Clark; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, Charles Smith Sr. is survived by his children, 
18Charlene (Steven) Baugh, Charles R. Smith Jr., and Curtis 
19Smith; his grandchildren, Samantha (R.J.) Crotser, Holly 
20(Justin) Wilke, Michelle (Jeffrey) Reiser, and Paige (Kyle) 
 
 
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1Lester; his seven great-grandchildren; and his siblings, Glenn 
2Smith, Lilly Mae King, and Gladys Rose Sauerwein; therefore, be 
3it
  
 
4    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL 
5ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
6Charles R. Smith Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to his 
7family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
8further
  
 
9    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
10presented to the family of Charles Smith Sr. as an expression 
11of our deepest sympathy.