Full Text of HR0761 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 Robert | 4 | | Alan "Bob" Mays of Quincy, who passed away on July 29, 2011; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born October 16, 1921, in Quincy, a son of | 7 | | Howard Laytham and Edna Beatrice Best Mays; he married Anne | 8 | | Markley Frank on March 8, 1969, in Quincy; he was formerly | 9 | | married to Alice Porter Morrison; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was a 1938 graduate of Quincy High School, | 11 | | where he was a member of the band and orchestra; he graduated | 12 | | from Gem City Business College in 1939 and Northwestern | 13 | | University in 1943 with a B.S. degree in Industrial Management; | 14 | | he served in the United States Naval Reserve from 1942 to 1954; | 15 | | he was a Lieutenant Commander in the Supply Corps and saw | 16 | | active duty during World War II and the Korean War; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He lived his life according to the teachings of | 18 | | Jesus Christ; his favorite slogan was "I wondered why somebody | 19 | | didn't do something, then I realized I am somebody."; he loved | 20 | | his large family, especially the gathering of everyone for the | 21 | | annual water slide party; his advice to his family was "Make | 22 | | today the best day of your life!"; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, His always entreprenurial spirit led him to be | 2 | | involved in numerous business ventures over the years; and | 3 | | WHEREAS,
Founded by his father in 1923, he became owner and | 4 | | president of Flava Manufacturing; he was the founder of Mays | 5 | | Real Estate, he was a real estate broker with Coldwell Banker | 6 | | Mays Real Estate, Inc., with his son, Alan; he developed Spring | 7 | | Lake Estates and co-owned Valley View Campground and Mobile | 8 | | Home Park with George Irwin, as well as owned Mississippi | 9 | | Valley Canteen Service; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He was involved in several other businesses, | 11 | | including the Red Carpet, the Open Pantry, and MyBo; he worked | 12 | | with Martin Baral to get businesses into the Quincy Development | 13 | | Center; he had a long career in residential and commercial real | 14 | | estate, particularly enjoying the preservation of several | 15 | | downtown Quincy buildings, including the Newcomb Hotel, 428 | 16 | | Maine, and the Park Hotel; he also developed with his son, | 17 | | Alan, Oakbrook Court and Spring Lake Estates II subdivisions, | 18 | | Kings Pointe condominiums, as well as a commercial development | 19 | | at North Pointe; and | 20 | | WHEREAS, He was a life-long member of First Union | 21 | | Congregational Church, serving as trustee and chairman of the | 22 | | board; he was a member of the following: the American Legion |
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| 1 | | Post 37 and the Quincy Noon Kiwanis Club, where he served as | 2 | | president in 1956; the Quincy Museum, serving as president from | 3 | | 1977 to 1983; and the Quincy Area Chamber of Commerce, serving | 4 | | as president in 1962; he was a founding board member of the | 5 | | Community Foundation of the Quincy Area; and he was a member of | 6 | | the Adams County Historical Society, serving as a board member; | 7 | | and | 8 | | WHEREAS, He was a founding board member of Friends of the | 9 | | Log Cabins; a board member of the Historic Quincy Business | 10 | | District; a board member of the Spring Lake Country Club; and a | 11 | | member of the Illinois Institute for Entrepreneurship | 12 | | Education; Mr. Mays was a member of the Phi Gamma Delta | 13 | | Fraternity; he was a member of the Adams County Republican | 14 | | Central Committee, as well as precinct committeeman; he was an | 15 | | alternate delegate to the Republican National Convention for | 16 | | Barry Goldwater in 1964; he was a founding member of JIDC, now | 17 | | GREDF; he was a board member of the Adams County Homemakers; | 18 | | and an original member of the Indian Creek Development Corp; he | 19 | | was a Guardian with NFIB; and a delegate to the White House | 20 | | Conference on Small Business in 1986; he was a member of | 21 | | Lambert Lodge #659 AF & AM, the Quincy Consistory, Ansar | 22 | | Shrine, and the Quincy Shrine Club; and | 23 | | WHEREAS, From 1947 to 1977, he was a Quincy Park District | 24 | | Commissioner; in October 1996, the Quincy Park Board dedicated |
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| 1 | | Bob Mays Park on North 18th Street in his honor; he was awarded | 2 | | the Kiwanis George F. Hixon Fellowship Award in 1998, the | 3 | | Uptown Commitment Award in 1995, the Distinguished Member Award | 4 | | for Community Service from the Illinois Association of Realtors | 5 | | in 1991, and the Outstanding Realtor Career Award by the Quincy | 6 | | Association of Realtors in 1996; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 8 | | brother, Captain USAAF Richard Best Mays, missing in action | 9 | | December 22, 1943; and his former wife, Alice Porter Morrison | 10 | | Mays; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Robert Mays is survived by his wife, Anne; his | 12 | | children, Richard Mays, Alan (Joan) Mays, former State | 13 | | Representative Jeffrey (Lori) Mays, Elise Kimmons, Keith | 14 | | (Jennifer) Frank, and John (Nancy) Frank; his grandchildren, | 15 | | Devi Mays, Andrea (Kenneth) Knapp, Joseph D. (Kelly) Mays, | 16 | | Joseph P. Mays, Samuel Mays, Alexa Wendling, Megan Wendling, | 17 | | Jenna Schaljo, Levi (Ashley) Schaljo, Savanna Schaljo, Stephen | 18 | | Frank, Mathias Frank, Sarah Frank, John Frank Jr., Thomas | 19 | | Frank, and Molly Frank; and his great-grandchildren, Kollin and | 20 | | Mckenzie Knapp and Meredith, Jack, and Clara Mays; therefore, | 21 | | be it
| 22 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 23 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| 1 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 2 | | Robert Mays; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Robert Mays as a symbol of our | 5 | | sincere sympathy.
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