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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Rose Jeannette Heflin of Bunker Hill, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on December 26, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Rose Heflin was born in Lauderdale County, | ||||||
| 6 | Tennessee to Adolphus H. and Bessie (Roy) Garrett on January | ||||||
| 7 | 28, 1936; she married Albert E. Heflin in Meadowbrook on | ||||||
| 8 | September 14, 1956; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Rose Heflin worked for Community Care in home | ||||||
| 10 | healthcare in the Macoupin County area until her retirement; | ||||||
| 11 | and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Rose Heflin was a former member of Bethel Baptist | ||||||
| 13 | in Staunton; she was a member of the TOPS Club in Bethalto and | ||||||
| 14 | Carlinville; she enjoyed gardening, walking, canning, Uno, and | ||||||
| 15 | dining out; she loved her cat, Amos, and enjoyed spending time | ||||||
| 16 | with her grandchildren; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Rose Heflin was preceded in death by her husband, | ||||||
| 18 | Albert; her parents; her daughters, Belinda Carol Heflin, and | ||||||
| 19 | Pamela Denise Billings; and her siblings, Harry Garrett, Wilson | ||||||
| 20 | Garrett, Jake Garrett, Marybe Hubbard, Shirley Schoeneweis, | ||||||
| 21 | Pete Wiseman, Idell Haynes, and Elizabeth Vine; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Rose Heflin is survived by her children and their | ||||||
| 2 | spouses, Sherry and Gary Boster, Cathy and David Harris, Jeff | ||||||
| 3 | Heflin, and Bryan and Ashley Heflin; her grandchildren and | ||||||
| 4 | their spouses, Bill and Aisha Boster, Debbie and Mike Newman, | ||||||
| 5 | Amy and Jacob Morgan, David and Lisa Harris, Katelyn Harris, | ||||||
| 6 | Cody Heflin, Wyatt Heflin, Maddie Heflin, Garrett Heflin, | ||||||
| 7 | Briann Heflin, Ethan Morris, Braden Morris, Evan Morris, Lonnie | ||||||
| 8 | and Paige Billings, Callie and Zach Marshall, Marshall and | ||||||
| 9 | Jenny Billings, Seth Billings, and Ben Billings; 16 | ||||||
| 10 | great-grandchildren; and her siblings, James Ray Garrett and | ||||||
| 11 | his wife, Janet, and Marie Sasser; therefore, be it
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| 12 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 13 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 14 | Rose Jeannette Heflin, and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 15 | her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | ||||||
| 16 | further
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| 17 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 18 | presented to the family of Rose Heflin as an expression of our | ||||||
| 19 | deepest sympathy.
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