Full Text of HR0273 96th General Assembly
HR0273 96TH 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
Jimmie | 4 |
| Lee Pierce of Springfield, who passed away on March 13, 2009; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was born on June 4, 1921 in | 7 |
| Redden, Oklahoma; he was the son of Joshua L. and Mary | 8 |
| Hardgrave Pierce; he married Donna Rich on April 13, 1950 in | 9 |
| Minonk; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was born and raised on a farm in | 11 |
| Oklahoma, though early in his life he had the opportunity to | 12 |
| try out for the St. Louis Cardinals; Jimmie was a member of the | 13 |
| Civilian Conservation Corps prior to his service in the United | 14 |
| States Army during World War II, where he earned three Bronze | 15 |
| Stars and two Purple Hearts; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce attended the Diesel Engineering | 17 |
| School in St. Louis, Missouri; he was a co-owner of Pierce | 18 |
| Refined Oil and served as an executive with the Illinois | 19 |
| Environmental Protection Agency; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce enjoyed spending time with his | 21 |
| family and entertaining friends; he also enjoyed fishing, golf, |
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| hunting, playing his guitar, and singing; he was a member of | 2 |
| Church of the Little Flower, the DAV, the Elks Club, and the | 3 |
| Springfield Motor Boat Club; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce was preceded in death by his | 5 |
| parents; his brothers, Lonnie, Ray, Ed, Perry, and Haskel; and | 6 |
| his sister, Vesta; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce is survived by his wife of | 8 |
| fifty-nine years, Donna Pierce; his daughters, Denise | 9 |
| (husband, John) Reid and Delane (husband, Ken) Cathers; his | 10 |
| grandchildren, Brandy, Nicholas (wife, LeAnne), Ashley, and | 11 |
| Shannon; his great-grandchildren, Sophia and Samantha; his | 12 |
| brothers, Jay Pierce and Clyde Pierce; and his sisters, Thelma | 13 |
| Cockrill and Louise Rowland; and
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| WHEREAS, Jimmie Lee Pierce will be remembered by all who | 15 |
| knew and loved him as a good man who never met a stranger and | 16 |
| always had a joke to tell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 18 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 19 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Jimmie | 20 |
| Lee Pierce; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Jimmie Lee Pierce as an expression | 2 |
| of our sympathy.
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