Full Text of HR0699 96th General Assembly
HR0699 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
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| Watson Sr., who passed away on August 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, John Watson Sr. was born on May 15, 1948, in | 6 |
| Rondo, Arkansas; he was the son of Annie Bell and Wille B. | 7 |
| Watson; and
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| WHEREAS, John Watson Sr. grew up in Rondo, Arkansas, where | 9 |
| he worked alongside his parents in the fields; he attended Anna | 10 |
| Strong High School, where he played baseball, basketball, and | 11 |
| football; after graduating high school in 1965, he attended the | 12 |
| HBCU Arkansas AM&N (now the University of Arkansas at Pine | 13 |
| Bluff); in 1969, he moved to Chicago, where he married his | 14 |
| childhood sweetheart, Bobbie J. Watson; and
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| WHEREAS, John Watson Sr. tried to start several businesses | 16 |
| during his lifetime, including a trucking company; as his | 17 |
| family grew, however, he decided that, as a family man, he | 18 |
| needed a more settled profession; he then began working for | 19 |
| Reynolds Aluminum (now Alcoa), where he worked for over 30 | 20 |
| years; during his tenure at Reynolds, he was well known as a | 21 |
| hard worker and ascended the ranks, progressing from a laborer | 22 |
| to a supervisor; and
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| WHEREAS, John Watson Sr. is survived by his wife of almost | 2 |
| 40 years, Bobbie Watson; his children, Dana Watson Carroll | 3 |
| (William), Tammi Watson Eastlin (Maurice), Linda Watson Edgar | 4 |
| (Anthony), and John L. Watson Jr.; and his grandchildren, John | 5 |
| L. Watson III, LaShaundria Z. Watson, Mia F. Eastlin, Juwan L. | 6 |
| Watson, and Avery Claire T. Carroll; and
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| WHEREAS, John Watson Sr. will be remembered by all who knew | 8 |
| and loved him as a funny and wise man who loved his family most | 9 |
| and his blues next; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 |
| mourn, along with s family and friends, the passing of John L. | 13 |
| Watson Sr.; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to the family of John Watson Sr. as an expression of | 16 |
| our sympathy.
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