Full Text of SR0098 95th General Assembly
SR0098 95TH 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 Everett Hugh Collins of Benton, who | 4 |
| passed away on March 8, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Everett Collins was born June 8, 1923, in Mount | 6 |
| Vernon, the son of Everett Hugh Collins Sr. and Alice (Bean) | 7 |
| Collins; he married the former Evelyn Wootton on November 14, | 8 |
| 1942, and she preceded him in death on June 16, 2000; he later | 9 |
| married the former Jean Gregory on January 25, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, He was co-owner with Clarence Barton of Barton and | 11 |
| Collins Furniture Store in Benton, which operated for more than | 12 |
| 50 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He was an active member of the community, a | 14 |
| 50-year member of the Benton Kiwanis club and an active member | 15 |
| of the First Christian Church in Benton; he was also a member | 16 |
| of Gideons International and active in the local chapter of | 17 |
| Habitat for Humanity and the Benton Ministerial Alliance; he | 18 |
| was a veteran of World War II, serving in the United States | 19 |
| Army Air Corps as a radio technician; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Collins was preceded in death by his parents; | 21 |
| his first wife; and his infant sister; and
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| WHEREAS, Everett Collins is survived by his wife, Jean | 2 |
| Collins; his daughter and son-in-law, Linda L. and Gale Neal; | 3 |
| his son and daughter-in-law, Don Cary and Kimberly Collins; his | 4 |
| grandchildren, Lorrie Cynowa and husband, Rob, Richard Van | 5 |
| Neal, Laura A. Collins and husband, and Cary Hugh; his sister | 6 |
| and brother-in-law, June and William Carroll; and his many | 7 |
| nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Everett Hugh Collins; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Everett Collins as a symbol of our | 14 |
| sympathy.
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