Full Text of SR0354 96th General Assembly
SR0354 96TH 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
Vergil H. Fletcher of Collinsville, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 30, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher retired after 32 years as head | 6 |
| basketball coach of Collinsville High School, where he led his | 7 |
| teams to 747 victories and two State titles in 1961 and 1965; | 8 |
| he was named Illinois National High School Coach of the Year in | 9 |
| 1972 and was picked as one of the greatest high school coaches | 10 |
| of the century; and
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| WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was a member of the American | 12 |
| Legion Post #365 in Collinsville, the Collinsville Noontime | 13 |
| Lions Club, and the Knights of Columbus; and
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| WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was preceded in death by his | 15 |
| brother, Cecil, and his sisters, Helen Baker, Audra Brown, and | 16 |
| Rose Mitchell; and
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| WHEREAS, Vergil Fletcher was the beloved husband of Violet | 18 |
| Fletcher; the dear son of the late John and Etta Fletcher; the | 19 |
| loving father of Marietta (Dr. Marion) Thompson, Dr. Marlene | 20 |
| (Dr. Joseph) Rotter, Marcia Yates, Marian (Bruce) Evans, Mike | 21 |
| (Margie) Fletcher, and Marc (Joan) Fletcher; and the dear |
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| brother of Marian Mauzy, Ruby Kay Vozarth, and Jack Fletcher; | 2 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 4 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Vergil H. Fletcher; and | 6 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Vergil Fletcher as an expression of | 9 |
| our sympathy.
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