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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James 
4Kenneth Powless, who passed away on April 18, 2015; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, James Powless was born in
Carbondale on April 9, 
61949 to Kenneth
Barnett and Emily Mary
(nee Cygnar) Powless; he 
7married Susan
Elizabeth Reed on June 13,
1970 in Marion; he 
8earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance in 1971 and a
Juris 
9Doctor in 1974 from the University of Illinois 
10Urbana-Champaign; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, James Powless practiced law in Marion and owned 
12William
County Title and Abstract; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, James Powless was a member of Aldersgate United 
14Methodist Church of
Marion; he enjoyed fishing, reading, 
15cooking, tinkering, teaching, and
listening to folk music; he 
16volunteered
for the Marion Regional Humane Society and 
17substitute taught
for the Marion and Carterville school 
18districts; he invested many years
coaching a summer softball 
19league; and
  
 
20    WHEREAS, James Powless was preceded in death by his parents 
21and his father-in-law,
George Pullis; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, James Powless is survived by his wife of 44 years, 
2Susan; his 2
daughters and son-in-law, Sarah Filkins and
Jamie 
3and Will Miller; his 3 grandsons, Colin Filkins,
Jack Miller, 
4and Finnegan Miller; his sisters, Linda Powless and Catherine 
5Powless; his brother and sister-in-law, David and Patty 
6Powless; his mother-in-law, Carol
Pullis; several nephews and 
7nieces; many friends; and
the many students whom he enjoyed 
8teaching in the Marion Unit
2 and Carterville Unit 5 school 
9districts; therefore, be it
  
 
10    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
11NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
12mourn the passing of James Kenneth Powless, and extend our 
13sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew 
14and loved him; and be it further
  
 
15    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
16presented to the family of James Powless as an expression of 
17our deepest sympathy.