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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Martha 
4Louise Watt of Peoria, who passed away on March 5, 2022; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Martha Watt was born to Paul and Ruby Elouise 
6Long Heavner in Golden, Mississippi on November 24, 1951; she 
7attended school in Hammond, Indiana and college at Tennessee 
8Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee; she married Joey 
9Watt in Schereville, Indiana on August 16, 1975; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, Martha Watt committed to her faith as a teenager 
11and later served as a Christian school teacher, a home school 
12teacher, and a foster parent; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Alongside her husband, Martha Watt served in the 
14ministry at Wayside Baptist Church of Graysville, Tennessee, 
15Liberty Baptist Church of Rochester, Indiana, and for the past 
1636 years at El Vista Baptist Church in Peoria; and

  
 
17    WHEREAS, Martha Watt was preceded in death by her 
18brothers, James and Robert Heavner, and her parents; and
  
 
19    WHEREAS, Martha Watt is survived by her six children, 
20Benjamin (Kristina) Watt, Philip (Erin) Watt, Sarah Watt, 
 
 
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1Enoch (Dana) Watt, Adam (Lis) Watt, and Hannah (Justin) Derry; 
2her nine grandchildren, Grace, Isaac, Luke, Jeremiah, Eliza,  
3Annabelle, Piper, Jake,  and Jada; her siblings, Tony (Wendy) 
4Heavner, John (Maureen) Heavner, Mike (Sharon) Heavner, Margie 
5(Bob) Jackson, Joe (Debi) Heavner, Enoch (Diana) Heavner, and 
6Eddie (Dawn) Heavner; her sister-in-law, Sandy Heavner; her 
7aunts and uncles;  her cousins; and her El Vista Baptist Church 
8family; therefore, be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE 
10HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
11we mourn the passing of
Martha Louise Watt and extend our 
12sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew 
13and loved
her; and be it further
  
 
14    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be

15presented to the family of Martha Watt as an expression of
our 
16deepest sympathy.