Full Text of HR0832 95th General Assembly
HR0832 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Charles | 4 |
| Eugene "Charlie" White, former Mayor of Mattoon, on November | 5 |
| 20, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles White was born November 24, 1932, in | 7 |
| Xenia, a son of Freddie Ernest and Bessie (Gould) White; he | 8 |
| married his high school sweetheart, Mary Ann Chamberlin, on | 9 |
| April 19, 1952; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlie White was President of the former Mattoon | 11 |
| Bank and later served as Executive Vice-President of First | 12 |
| Mid-Illinois Bank and Trust; he gave of himself in community | 13 |
| service for over 43 years, serving part of that time as City | 14 |
| Treasurer, Police Commissioner, and recently as Mayor of the | 15 |
| City of Mattoon; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlie White was selected by the Mattoon | 17 |
| Association of Commerce as the Man of the Year for 1984; he was | 18 |
| a 32nd Degree Mason, York Rite and member of the Shriner's; he | 19 |
| served on the Lake Land College Foundation Board of Directors, | 20 |
| was Past President of E.I.U. Panther Club, and a member and | 21 |
| Pilgrim of the Moose as well as Past President of the Illinois | 22 |
| Moose Association; and
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| WHEREAS, He will be remembered as a basketball coach at St. | 2 |
| Joseph's School and at one time as the youngest referee for the | 3 |
| State of Illinois; he helped raise funds for the Junior | 4 |
| Football League in Mattoon and was a member of the Mattoon High | 5 |
| School Letterman's Club; he remained active in politics | 6 |
| throughout his life and served as founding member of the | 7 |
| Volunteer Republican Boosters; he also enjoyed a membership in | 8 |
| Ducks Unlimited; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS, Charles White is survived by his loving and | 10 |
| devoted wife of 55 years, Mary Ann White; his five children, | 11 |
| Cathy J. Barnes and husband David, Donald H. White and wife | 12 |
| Barbara, Michele A. "Missy" Lock and husband Albert, John C. | 13 |
| White and wife Julie, and Eric A. White and wife Christina; his | 14 |
| brother, Howard G. White; his three sisters, Aline Henson, | 15 |
| Juanita Greene, and Erna Doty; his fifteen grandchildren; and | 16 |
| his nine great-grandchildren; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents and one | 18 |
| sister, Lula Mae White; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| remember Charles White and his life and extend our condolences | 22 |
| to the family at this time; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Charles White as a symbol of our | 3 |
| sympathy.
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