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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with deep regret of the death of Richard "Coconut" Neal |
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| of Benton on Friday, July 23, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Neal was born March 1, 1947 in Benton to |
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| Carnell and Margaret Juanita (Fielden) Neal; he graduated from |
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| BCHS in 1965; he married the former Cathy Barbeiro on May 23, |
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| 1970 in Hanford, California; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Neal valiantly served his country in the U.S. |
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| Navy in Vietnam for four years; he was a coal miner for 17 |
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| years at Old Ben Coal Mine No. 21, a prison guard for the |
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| Illinois Department of Corrections, and was last employed by |
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| IDOT; and
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| WHEREAS, An avid fisherman whose fish were as big as his |
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| next story, he most of all adored playing with his two |
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| grandchildren, Aaron and Kiley; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Richard "Coconut" Neal has been |
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| deeply felt by many, and he will be sadly missed by his wife, |
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| Cathy; his daughter, Tiffany, and husband Todd Lucas; his son, |
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| Cameron Neal, and his girlfriend Amy Brown; his very special |
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| grandchildren, Aaron Paul Lucas and Kiley Mae Neal; and his |
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| father, Carnell Neal; Mr. Neal and his family had a very |
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| special caregiver and friend, Shelley Webb, from Hospice of |
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| Southern Illinois; he was preceded in death by his mother; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Richard A. "Coconut" Neal, and we extend our deepest sympathy |
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| to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
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| it further
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