Full Text of HR0630 97th 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 Sergeant | 4 | | Benjamin "Ben" Thomas of Marion, who passed away on June 23, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born February 10, 1984, in Sedalia, | 7 | | Missouri, to Danny Lee and Susan-Renae (Hopkins) Thomas; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He honorably served in the United States Army, | 9 | | serving overseas in Iraq with the 211th Transportation Unit; he | 10 | | continued his service to the nation by serving with the 825th | 11 | | AG Company Replacement in Marion; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of the Dorrisville Baptist Church | 13 | | in Harrisburg; he was a 2002 graduate of Carbondale Community | 14 | | High School; he earned his Associate's Degree in criminal | 15 | | justice from John A. Logan College; he had an interest in | 16 | | martial arts, where he attained an eighth degree black belt in | 17 | | Kung Fu; he enjoyed playing video games, especially RIFT, but | 18 | | most of all, he loved spending time with his family and | 19 | | friends; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his maternal | 21 | | grandparents, Charles and Evelyn Hopkins; his |
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| 1 | | great-grandmother, Janie Lee White; and his paternal | 2 | | great-grandparents, Gus and Nell Thomas; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Benjamin "Ben" Thomas is survived by his | 4 | | daughter, Jessa Thomas; his son, William Thomas; his mother and | 5 | | stepfather, Susan-Renae and Dan Walmsley; his father and | 6 | | stepmother, Danny and Susan Thomas; his grandparents, Dean and | 7 | | Linda Thomas and Sarah Thomas; his sisters and brother-in-law, | 8 | | Ashley and Eric Sparks and Brianna Thomas; his fiancée, Mirinda | 9 | | Hart; and numerous aunts, uncles, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 13 | | Sergeant Benjamin "Ben" Thomas; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Sergeant Benjamin "Ben" Thomas as a | 16 | | symbol of our sincere sympathy.
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