Full Text of SR0823 96th General Assembly
SR0823 96TH 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 R. Wayne Johnessee of Alton, who passed | 4 |
| away on May 2, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 27, 1961, in Alton to Harry R. | 6 |
| and Doris (Fisher) Johnessee;
Richard married the former | 7 |
| Phyllis A. Bruce on August 31, 1984, at St. Matthews Catholic | 8 |
| Church in Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, The 1979 Alton High School graduate was vice | 10 |
| president of Johnessee Construction Inc. and a member of St. | 11 |
| Mary's Catholic Church in Alton; he also was a member of Alton | 12 |
| Wood River Sportsman Club in Godfrey and the Carpenters Local | 13 |
| 377 of Alton; and
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| WHEREAS, Richard was an avid outdoorsman who enjoyed | 15 |
| fishing, turkey hunting, deer hunting, and goose hunting; he | 16 |
| also competed in Outdoorsman Sporting Clay competitions; he | 17 |
| enjoyed spending time with his family and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father-in-law | 19 |
| Harry W. Bruce; and
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| WHEREAS, R. Wayne Johnessee is survived by his wife, |
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| Phyllis; his parents; his children, Adam and Abagail Johnessee; | 2 |
| his brother and his spouse, Kevin and Marla Johnessee; his | 3 |
| sisters and their spouses, Patty and Randy Heil, Kathy and Brad | 4 |
| Travis, Pam and Ken Cox, and Judy and Chad Mitchell; his | 5 |
| mother-in-law, Evada Bruce; his sisters-in-law, Penny Lovegren | 6 |
| and Patti Smith and her spouse, Bud; his brothers-in-law and | 7 |
| their spouses; Maurice and Julie Bruce and Michael and Deb | 8 |
| Bruce; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of R. Wayne Johnessee; and | 12 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of R. "Wayne" Johnessee as a symbol of | 15 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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