Full Text of SR0232 95th General Assembly
SR0232 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of George D. Hammons Jr. of Springfield, who | 4 |
| passed away on May 27, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, George D. Hammons Jr. was born in Springfield on | 6 |
| May 3, 1933, the son of Darwin G. and Faneta Thomas Hammons; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from Lanphier High School and then | 9 |
| served in the United States Army during the Korean conflict; | 10 |
| George married Ruth Holman on June 25, 1955, in Springfield; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, He was a licensed barber and owned and operated | 13 |
| Hammons Barber Shop until he became a deputy sheriff; he then | 14 |
| went to work for the Springfield Housing Authority as a | 15 |
| security guard, and then retired as the Maintenance Foreman of | 16 |
| the Housing Authority in September of 2006; he was a member of | 17 |
| Fresh Vision Church and the Carpenters Union; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, and a | 19 |
| sister, Geraldine Burns; and
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| WHEREAS,
The passing of George Hammons Jr. will be deeply |
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| felt by all those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, | 2 |
| Ruth; his son, Anthony O. (wife Terrie) Hammons; his daughters, | 3 |
| Jennifer (husband Rev. Robert) Timms and Denise A. Hammons; his | 4 |
| grandchildren, Anthony O. Hammons Jr, Akeyla Timms, India | 5 |
| Hammons, Robert Timms Jr, Tanesha Stoner, and Aiisha Stoner; | 6 |
| his brothers, Paul (wife Nancy) Hammons, Larry Hammons, and | 7 |
| David (wife Shi) Hammons; his sisters, Darlene Smith, Patricia | 8 |
| Jackson, Shirley Nicks, Claudette Bunch, and Jackie (husband | 9 |
| Albert) Chambers; and many nieces, nephews and cousins; | 10 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of George D. Hammons Jr.; | 14 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of George D. Hammons Jr. as a symbol of | 17 |
| our sympathy.
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