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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives |
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| learned with regret of the death of Raymond W. "Burrhead" |
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| Lamkin of Champaign on Saturday, October 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was born on March 23, 1918, in Hammond |
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| to Clyde E. and Lola M. Lecrone Lamkin; he married Irene E. |
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| Korsmeyer on July 24, 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a graduate of Bement High School; |
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| he was a drop forger at Clifford and Jacobs Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin served in the United States Army during |
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| World War II in the European Theatre of Operation Normandy at |
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| the end of the war; he was a fifty year volunteer at the |
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| Danville Veteran's Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the First Presbyterian |
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| Church of Champaign, where he was a former deacon on two |
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| occasions; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the Piatt Historical |
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| and Genealogical Society, the American Legion Post #24, the VFW |
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| Post #5520, the US Calvary Association, and the 106th Cavalry |
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| Regiment Association; he was a member and former state |
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| commander of the Amvets Post #3; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, three |
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| brothers, and two sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Raymond W. "Burrhead" Lamkin has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife; his daughter, |
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| Patsy Ann Spinks; his grandchild; and his two sisters, Patricia |
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| Ford and Evelyn Pierce; therefore, be it
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