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SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General 
3Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who gave their 
4lives in the line of duty; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Douglas County Chief Deputy Tommy K. Martin's last 
6watch occurred on June 21, 2007, when he was shot while 
7pursuing armed suspects fleeing a home invasion robbery; he 
8held on to life until July 17, 2007, when he finally succumbed 
9to his wounds while at the Carle Foundation Hospital in Urbana; 
10and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, Chief Deputy Martin became an Illinois State 
12Police Crime Scene Investigator in 1978; after retiring from 
13the Illinois State Police, he served as Chief Deputy Sheriff of 
14Douglas County beginning in 2004; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Chief Deputy Martin was a deacon of the Tuscola 
16United Church of Christ; he was a member of the Tuscola Warrior 
17Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #1009 and Tuscola American Legion 
18Post #27 and served in the United States Navy during the 
19Vietnam War; he was posthumously awarded the prestigious Law 
20Enforcement Medal of Honor in 2008; and

  
 
21    WHEREAS, Chief Deputy Martin is survived by his son; his 
 
 
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1daughter and son-in-law; a brother; and 3 grandchildren; 
2therefore, be it
  
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES 
5CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Illinois Route 45 as it 
6passes through Douglas County between Pesotum and Tuscola as 
7the Tommy K. Martin Memorial Highway; and be it further
  
 
8    RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation 
9is requested to erect at suitable locations, and, in 
10particular, the intersection of the "Hayes Road" and Illinois 
11Route 45, consistent with State and federal regulations, 
12appropriate plaques or signs giving notice of the Tommy K. 
13Martin Memorial Highway; and be it further
 
14    RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be 
15delivered to the Secretary of the Illinois Department of 
16Transportation and the family of Tommy K. Martin.