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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were deeply |
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| saddened to learn of the death of William H. "Bill" Hobbs on |
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| May 24, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on July 16, 1917, in Franklin County, |
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| the son of W.C. "Willie" and Allie (Beaty) Hobbs; on April 16, |
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| 1938, in Morganfield, Kentucky, he married Lillian Belle |
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| (Collins); and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Hobbs was the owner and operator of Hobbs & |
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| Son John Deere in Benton for 23 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the North Benton Baptist Church |
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| since 1981, where he served as deacon; he, along with Mrs. |
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| Hobbs, were active in the Joy group at the church; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a former member of the Ag Advisory Board at |
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| Rend Lake College; he had been a 4-H leader for several years; |
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| he was a member of the Liars Club, the Franklin County Soil and |
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| Water Conservation Board, the Mississippi Valley Farm |
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| Equipment Dealers Association, and was a former school board |
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| member of the Steel City School District; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of William H. "Bill" Hobbs will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his wife, Lillian Hobbs; his |
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| son, Larry Hobbs and wife Nancy; his daughter, Kathy Shaw and |
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| husband the Rev. Richard Shaw; his grandchildren, David Hobbs |
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| and wife Amy, Danny Hobbs and wife Kara, Jeremy Shaw and wife |
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| Jody, and Gretchen Vance and husband Dean; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Daniel Hobbs, Will Hobbs, and Fiona Shaw; |
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| and his sister, Lorene Page; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, W.C. |
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| "Willie" and Allie (Beaty) Hobbs; therefore, be it
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