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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Gerald "Jerry" Bailey of Herrin, who 
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passed away on November 26, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey was born on the Fourth of July in 
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Kansas City, Kansas, in 1918 to the Reverend Fred M. and Ethel 
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G. Bailey; Gerald married Dorothy Royse of Clayton, Missouri, 
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on March 5, 1943, and they shared 63 years of marriage; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey was a 1941 graduate of Washington 
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University School of Business; after graduation he attended 
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United States Army Officers Candidate School, where he obtained 
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the rank of captain before his discharge in 1945;

Gerald and 
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his family moved to Herrin in 1956, where he became the owner 
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and operator of the Standard Oil Station until his retirement; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was dedicated to First United Methodist Church 
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in Herrin, where he served as trustee; he was also very active 
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in the Herrin United Way, where he was past president and drive 
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chairman; he also was a member of the Herrin Rotary Club and 
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the Herrin Chamber of Commerce, and in 2004 was named Herrin's 
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"Citizen of the Year";

his 75 years of commitment to Scouting 
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was unsurpassed and he received every award available from the 
 


 






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Boy Scouts of America, including Eagle Scout and Order of the 
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Silver Beaver; the Little Grassy Pine Ridge Scout Camp Lodge 
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was dedicated and named "Bailey Lodge" in honor of Gerald and 
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Dorothy Bailey in August of 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey ws preceded in death by his parents; 
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his wife, Dorothy Royse Bailey; his brother; his sisters; his 
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brother-in-law; and his son-in-law; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey is survived by three daughters and 
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one son-in-law, Susan and Richard Hampton, Kay Crump, and 
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Beverly; his three grandchildren, including grandson, Shane 
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Hampton and his wife, Erin, granddaughter, Rachel Hampton 
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Gebhardt, and grandson, Brian Crump; his four 
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great-grandchildren, Gabrielle and Zachary Gebhardt and Connor 
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and Carson Hampton; his sister-in-law, Francis Blackwell; and 
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several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Gerald Bailey; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Gerald Bailey as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.