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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mary |
| 4 | | Jewel Smith of Cairo, who passed away on February 19, 2014; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was born in Miller City on September |
| 6 | | 22, 1923 to Leslie and Gertrude Bowers; upon the passing of her |
| 7 | | father, she relocated to Mississippi County, Missouri in 1932 |
| 8 | | with her mother and step-father, Charles Mockett; she graduated |
| 9 | | from Diehlstadt High School in Diehlstadt, Missouri; she |
| 10 | | married Connell F. Smith on December 8, 1945; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith worked at the Brown Shoe Company in |
| 12 | | Charleston, Missouri and then at a munitions plant in Cairo |
| 13 | | during World War II; and
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| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was a proud member of Laborers' Local |
| 15 | | 773 and a self-described "hard-headed" Democrat and strongly |
| 16 | | believed that working people enjoyed good wages and working |
| 17 | | conditions because of unions; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith returned to work later in life and |
| 19 | | worked until she was 87 for the Southern Illinois Laborers' |
| 20 | | Health & Welfare Fund; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and |
| 2 | | never missed a game on radio or tv; she was a member of the |
| 3 | | Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cairo, the Wyatt United Methodist |
| 4 | | Church, and the Charleston Methodist Church; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was preceded in death by her husband, |
| 6 | | Connell; her brother, Lowell Bowers; and her sisters, Dorothy |
| 7 | | Rodriguiz, Opal Noisworthy; and Jo McDaniel; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith is survived by her sons, Connell F. |
| 9 | | Smith, Jr. and Edward M. (Betty) Smith; her granddaughter, |
| 10 | | Jordan (Tyler) Edmonds; her grandson, Matt Smith; her |
| 11 | | great-grandsons, Trevor Smith and Graydon Edmonds; and many |
| 12 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we mourn the passing of Mary Jewel Smith, and extend our |
| 16 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew |
| 17 | | and loved her; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Mary Smith as an expression of our |
| 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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