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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
Jimmie 
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Lee Pierce of Springfield, who passed away on March 13, 2009; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was born on June 4, 1921 in 
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Redden, Oklahoma; he was the son of Joshua L. and Mary 
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Hardgrave Pierce; he married Donna Rich on April 13, 1950 in 
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Minonk; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was born and raised on a farm in 
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Oklahoma, though early in his life he had the opportunity to 
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try out for the St. Louis Cardinals; Jimmie was a member of the 
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Civilian Conservation Corps prior to his service in the United 
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States Army during World War II, where he earned three Bronze 
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Stars and two Purple Hearts; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce attended the Diesel Engineering 
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School in St. Louis, Missouri; he was a co-owner of Pierce 
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Refined Oil and served as an executive with the Illinois 
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Environmental Protection Agency; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce enjoyed spending time with his 
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family and entertaining friends; he also enjoyed fishing, golf, 
 


 






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hunting, playing his guitar, and singing; he was a member of 
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Church of the Little Flower, the DAV, the Elks Club, and the 
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Springfield Motor Boat Club; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was preceded in death by his 
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parents; his brothers, Lonnie, Ray, Ed, Perry, and Haskel; and 
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his sister, Vesta; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce is survived by his wife of 
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fifty-nine years, Donna Pierce; his daughters, Denise 
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(husband, John) Reid and Delane (husband, Ken) Cathers; his 
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grandchildren, Brandy, Nicholas (wife, LeAnne), Ashley, and 
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Shannon; his great-grandchildren, Sophia and Samantha; his 
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brothers, Jay Pierce and Clyde Pierce; and his sisters, Thelma 
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Cockrill and Louise Rowland; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce will be remembered by all who 
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knew and loved him as a good man who never met a stranger and 
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always had a joke to tell; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Jimmie 
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Lee Pierce; 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 Jimmie Lee Pierce as an expression 
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of our sympathy.