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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Jimmie R. Whitten of Moline, who passed 
4away on December 13, 2016; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Jimmie Whitten was born in Indianapolis, Indiana 
6to Jimmie and Jane Talbot Whitten on July 23, 1942; he served 
7in the United States Army and married Linda Newingham; he later 
8married Betty Baraks in Nashua, Iowa in June of 1988; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, Jimmie Whitten was a member of the Homewood 
10Evangelical Free Church in Moline, Vietnam Veterans of America 
11Post 299 MAVA,  and Hero Street Chapter 4; he was a 32nd degree 
12mason at the Trio Lodge No. 47 AF & AM in  Milan; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Jimmie Whitten enjoyed volunteering at the 
14Veterans Administration Clinic in Bettendorf, Iowa and at 
15Genesis Medical Center, Illini Campus in Silvis; and
  
 
16    WHEREAS, Jimmie Whitten was preceded in death by his 
17parents; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, Jimmie Whitten is survived by his wife, Betty; his 
19children, Jeanine (Walter) McIntosh, John (Rebecca) Whitten, 
20Curt (Rose) Whitten, and Sherry (Lyle) Leftwich; his 
 
 
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1grandchildren, Lindsey, Lilly, and Levi McIntosh, Talia 
2Spiker, Toria Leftwich, Maradyth Richey, Kayce Bison, Julie 
3Whitten, Curtis Whitten, and Stephanie Smith; and several 
4great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
  
 
5    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
6ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
7Jimmie R. Whitten, and extend our sincere condolences to his 
8family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
9further
  
 
10    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
11presented to  the family of  Jimmie Whitten as an expression of 
12our deepest sympathy.