Full Text of HJR0133 94th General Assembly
HJ0133 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the General Assembly of the State | 3 |
| of Illinois were deeply saddened to learn of the death in Iraq | 4 |
| of Petty Officer 1st Class Jerry Allen Tharp of Aledo on | 5 |
| Wednesday, July 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on August 14, 1961, in Muscatine, | 7 |
| Iowa, to Lyle H. and Donna L. (Matthews) Tharp; after being | 8 |
| together for 16 years, he was united in marriage to Gayle | 9 |
| (Christie) Pritchett on December 31, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an operating engineer out of Local 150; he | 11 |
| worked the last six years for Williams Brothers Construction in | 12 |
| Peoria; he was deployed to Iraq in January of 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He had more than 18 years in the military; he | 14 |
| enlisted in the Army in 1978; he also served in both the Army | 15 |
| Reserves and Navy Reserves; he was in Iraq with Naval Mobile | 16 |
| Construction Battalion 25 out of Rock Island; and | 17 |
| WHEREAS, He was promoted on June 16 to Builder First Class | 18 |
| Petty Officer (Seabee Combat Warfare Specialist); he received | 19 |
| the Navy/Marine Corps Achievement Medal, the Naval Reserve | 20 |
| Meritorious Service Medal, the Armed Forces Reserve Medal, and | 21 |
| the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal; he was proud to | 22 |
| serve his country and proud of his military career; he served | 23 |
| in the military to keep people safe, especially his family, to | 24 |
| whom he is a hero; and
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| WHEREAS, He had many interests; he enjoyed going to the | 26 |
| cabin, hunting, fishing, camping, and scuba diving; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Jerry Allen Tharp has been deeply | 28 |
| felt by many, especially by his wife, Gayle Tharp; his | 29 |
| stepdaughters, Carrie (Joey) Ham and Heather Pritchett (Jay |
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| Townsend); his step grandchildren, Tristan Ham, Parker | 2 |
| Townsend, Trace Ham, and Paige Townsend; his mother, Donna | 3 |
| Tharp; his sisters, Linda (Dan) Artus and Karen Louck (Mike | 4 |
| Grissom); his brothers, Lyle "Ed" (Julie) Tharp, Rick (Gillian) | 5 |
| Tharp, and John (Cathy) Tharp; and several nieces and nephews; | 6 |
| he was preceded in death by his father, Lyle Tharp, and his | 7 |
| grandparents, Kenneth and Eva Tharp; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 9 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | 10 |
| SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we mourn the passing of Petty | 11 |
| Officer 1st Class Jerry Allen Tharp, and we extend our deepest | 12 |
| sympathy to this family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 13 |
| him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Petty Officer 1st | 15 |
| Class Tharp and his willingness to serve our country, which led | 16 |
| to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 19 |
| condolences.
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