SR0516 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Reverend John Franklin Simpson Jr., of Moro, who passed away on January 18, 2008; and

WHEREAS, John Franklin Simpson Jr. was born on September 2, 1924, in Alton, the son of John F. and Helen (Everett) Simpson Sr.; he married the former Viola Baker on September 30, 1945, in Cottage Hills; and

WHEREAS, He served his country from 1942 to 1945 in the United States Army; he worked in the shipping department at the Olin Corporation for more than 43 years, retiring in June of 1983; and

WHEREAS, He was an ordained minister and the pastor of the Community Church in West Alton, Missouri for nine years; he would fill in for local ministers through the Association of Alton Baptist Ministers; and he loved to study and read about the Lord; and

WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; three brothers, Melvin, Buddy, and Floyd Simpson; and one sister, Pearl Graham; and

WHEREAS, Reverend Simpson is survived by his wife, Viola; his children and their spouses, Mike Simpson, Dannie Simpson, James and Cindy Simpson, Rhonda and Ed Tobias, and Karen and the Reverend Terry McKinzie; his nine grandchildren, Shawna, John, Todd, Tom, Katie, and Jamie Simpson and Megan, Ashley, and Zachary McKinzie; his great-grandchild, Ross; his sister and brother-in-law, Thelma and Jerry King; his brother, Marvin Simpson; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Reverend John Franklin Simpson Jr.; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Reverend John Franklin Simpson Jr. as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.