Full Text of HR1565 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of John | 4 | | "Tex" Calvert of Carterville, who passed away on December 14, | 5 | | 2010; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born July 9, 1945, in Manitowoc, Wisconsin, | 7 | | to Cecil and Rachel Calvert; he married Brenda Pavloff on June | 8 | | 7, 1975; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, The colorful Carterville man, "John" or "Johnny" | 10 | | to Crainville folk and "Tex" to nearly everyone else, grew up | 11 | | in Crainville and graduated from Carterville High School in | 12 | | 1963; he was a two-degree graduate of Southern Illinois | 13 | | University in Carbondale; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, He taught fifth and sixth grades in Carterville | 15 | | and Herrin for 33 years; he retired in 2001 and later returned | 16 | | to the classroom as a substitute teacher; he was an active | 17 | | member of Carterville First Baptist Church, where he worked | 18 | | with the youth, taught Sunday school, and had several other | 19 | | roles of leadership over the years; he was a deacon for more | 20 | | than 35 years, including several terms as chairman; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, He served on the board of directors for the |
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| 1 | | Illinois Baptist State Association for 7 years and on the | 2 | | executive committee of the Williamson County Baptist | 3 | | Association for 20 years; along with his wife he organized | 4 | | Bible drills for children throughout Southern Illinois; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was a familiar face in the Southern Illinois | 6 | | sports community; he served as the basketball scorekeeper at | 7 | | Carterville High School for 51 years and at John A. Logan | 8 | | College for 32 years; he was inducted into the Illinois | 9 | | Basketball Coaches Association Hall of Fame as a "Friend of | 10 | | Basketball"; he led the football chain gang at Carterville High | 11 | | School for 35 years and at SIU for 30 years; in his early | 12 | | years, he also umpired baseball; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, He was a regular caller to Sports Voice, the | 14 | | sports radio show; with his family, he travelled extensively, | 15 | | visiting every state in the continental United States and 10 | 16 | | Canadian provinces; he especially enjoyed the Hemlock Inn in | 17 | | Bryson City, North Carolina, Newfoundland, and Door County, | 18 | | Wisconsin; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, John "Tex" Calvert is survived by his wife, | 20 | | Brenda; his sons and daughters-in-law, Wesley and Brandy | 21 | | Calvert and Winston and Amanda Calvert; his grandchildren, | 22 | | Gideon and Josiah and Jasper; he was looking forward to the | 23 | | birth of a granddaughter in January; he is also survived by his |
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| 1 | | sister, Jane Stalker, and her husband, Jim; therefore, be it
| 2 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 3 | | NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 4 | | mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of John | 5 | | Calvert; and be it further
| 6 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 | | presented to the family of John "Tex" Calvert as a symbol of | 8 | | our sincere sympathy.
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