Full Text of SR0669 95th General Assembly
SR0669 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
Clarence Hays of Bethalto, who passed | 4 |
| away on April 19, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays was born on January 10, 1919 in | 6 |
| Datto, Arkansas; he was the son of John and Hattie (Denton) | 7 |
| Hays; he married the former Iva Lucille Wall in Paragon, | 8 |
| Arkansas in 1944; she preceded him in death on September 13, | 9 |
| 1974; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays served his country with distinction | 11 |
| as a member of the United States Army during World War II; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays was an employee of AmerenUE as a | 13 |
| lineman for 30 years before his retirement in 1975; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays was a member of the Bethalto | 15 |
| Assembly of God Church for several years and attended Cottage | 16 |
| Hills Baptist Church; he was a member of the Alton VFW Post | 17 |
| 1308 in Alton and the International Brotherhood of Electrical | 18 |
| Workers; he was a past member of the Wood River Moose Lodge and | 19 |
| was very active with the Boys and Girls Club of Bethalto; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays was preceded in death by his wife; |
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| his parents; his son, Kenneth Burnett; his sister, Elsie; and | 2 |
| his four brothers, Charlie, William, Vess, and Jess; and | 3 |
| WHEREAS, Clarence Hays is survived by his son and | 4 |
| daughter-in-law, William and Elsie Hays; his daughters and | 5 |
| son-in-law, Rebecca Walkington and Glenda and Don Boan; his | 6 |
| grandchildren and their spouses, Scotty and Missy Borror, Chris | 7 |
| and Michelle Borror, and Todd Hays; his five | 8 |
| great-grandchildren; his brother, Don Hays; and his | 9 |
| daughter-in-law, Mary Burnett; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Clarence Hays; and be it | 13 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of Clarence Hays as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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