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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 James L. "Pug" Jones of Springfield, who 
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passed away on December 21, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James L. "Pug" Jones was born October 19, 1922, in 
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Springfield, the son of George Albert and Henrietta Arnold 
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Jones; he married Evelyn L. Ore on January 23, 1965; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jim served with the Springfield Police Department 
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for 22 years, retiring as a lieutenant in 1974; he later worked 
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for the Springfield Health Department for 18 years as a housing 
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and environmental inspector, and served as a doorman for the 
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Illinois Senate from 1994 to 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served in the United States Navy during World 
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War II in the South Pacific, earning several service ribbons 
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and stars in combat zones; he also played football for the 
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United States Navy in Norfolk, Virginia; he was an active 
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member of West Side Christian Church for more than 67 years and 
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a member of Central Lodge 71 AF & AM, Springfield Consistory, 
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and Ansar Shrine, where he served as provost marshal for more 
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than 26 years and was named emeritus provost marshal in 2007; 
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he was a life member of Ansar Legion of Honor and served on the 
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Drill Team, which won national championships; Ansar Retirees; 
 


 






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Capitol City Shrine Club; Elks BPOE 158, where he served as 
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exhaled ruler in 1975; and PBA 5, Illinois Police Association 
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Mid State Division; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by two infant sons, 
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Jeffery and Scott Jones; his parents; his brothers, Charles 
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Earl "Mike" Jones, George Leroy Jones, and Robert Arnold Jones; 
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his sisters, Dorothy Lysinger and Mary Evelyn Pennington; and 
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his two infant sisters; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; his two daughters, 
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Connie (husband, Steve) Wallace and Carrie (husband, Dan Held); 
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his three grandchildren, Stephen Wallace, Zane Wallace, and 
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Chloe Wallace; his two stepgrandchildren, Maggie and Ellie 
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Held; his brother, Benjamin Jones; and several nieces and 
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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 James L. "Pug" Jones; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of James L. "Pug" Jones as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.