Full Text of SR0503 93rd General Assembly
SR0503 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the death of Charles K. Barnett of | 4 |
| Roodhouse on Monday, April 5, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barnett was born October 15, 1925, in | 6 |
| Winchester to Robert Greene and Edna Thelma Day Barnett; he | 7 |
| married Clara Elizabeth Peterson in 1946 in Winchester; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barnett graduated from high school in | 9 |
| Winchester in 1942; he attended the University of North | 10 |
| Carolina and received his Masters of Arts in education from | 11 |
| MacMurray College in Jacksonville in 1959; he did graduate work | 12 |
| in education at Southern Illinois University at Edwardsville; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barnett was a teacher at Roodhouse schools, | 15 |
| assisting as basketball, football, and track coach; he was a | 16 |
| teacher and principal at Patterson School for 10 years; he | 17 |
| served one year as assistant regional superintendent of Greene | 18 |
| County; 16 years as regional superintendent of Greene County; | 19 |
| 10 years as district manager of World Book Encyclopedias; 10 | 20 |
| years on the Greene County Board of Education, four years as | 21 |
| chairman; and 15 months as director of vocation for Greene, | 22 |
| Calhoun, and Jersey counties; he was president of the Retired | 23 |
| Teachers Association of Greene and Jersey counties; he served | 24 |
| 20 years as chairman of the Roodhouse Library; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Barnett valiantly served his country in the | 26 |
| U.S. Navy from 1943 to 1946; he was a member of the American | 27 |
| Legion for 50 years and the Roodhouse Lions Club for 20 years, | 28 |
| and he was a member of Roodhouse First Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Charles K. Barnett has been deeply | 30 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Clara E.; his daughter, |
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| Patsy (husband, Robert) Hayden; his son, Ray Charles (wife, | 2 |
| Kim) Barnett; his 13 grandchildren; his 9 great-grandchildren; | 3 |
| his brothers, Jack, Gary, and Fred Barnett; and his sisters, | 4 |
| Imogene Schafer, Esther Westermeyer, and Ilene Wright; | 5 |
| therefore, be it | 6 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Charles K. Barnett, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 9 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Charles K. Barnett as an expression | 13 |
| of our sincere condolences.
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