Full Text of SR0472 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of James E. "Ed" Lawson of Rock Island, who | 4 | | passed away on April 17, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was born in Gauley Bridge, West | 6 | | Virginia to James G. and Frances I. McClellan Lawson on | 7 | | September 28, 1920; he served in the United States Navy during | 8 | | World War II in the South Pacific; he was awarded a Purple | 9 | | Heart for wounds received in action; he married Faye J. Vetter | 10 | | at the Church of Peace United Church of Christ in Rock Island | 11 | | on March 19, 1950; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson worked as a crane operator and later | 13 | | farmed in the Milan area; he was also a dealer for Heritage | 14 | | Fencing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was a past president of the Rock | 16 | | Island County Farm Bureau; he was a member of Reynolds American | 17 | | Legion Post 1166, Aledo VFW Post 1571, and Rock Island County | 18 | | Voiture No. 237 of the 40 & 8; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson was preceded in death by his parents; | 20 | | his brothers, Everett, Elmer, Bert, Jeff, Harold, Roy, Paul, | 21 | | Darrell, and Arthur; and his sisters, Gladys and Irene Hampton; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, James Lawson is survived by his wife, Faye; his | 3 | | sisters, Beulah Sloan, and Sally Doss; and numerous nieces and | 4 | | nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | James E. "Ed" Lawson, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of James Lawson as an expression of our | 12 | | deepest sympathy.
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