Full Text of HR0728 102nd 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 Martha | 4 | | Louise Watt of Peoria, who passed away on March 5, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Martha Watt was born to Paul and Ruby Elouise | 6 | | Long Heavner in Golden, Mississippi on November 24, 1951; she | 7 | | attended school in Hammond, Indiana and college at Tennessee | 8 | | Temple University in Chattanooga, Tennessee; she married Joey | 9 | | Watt in Schereville, Indiana on August 16, 1975; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Martha Watt committed to her faith as a teenager | 11 | | and later served as a Christian school teacher, a home school | 12 | | teacher, and a foster parent; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alongside her husband, Martha Watt served in the | 14 | | ministry at Wayside Baptist Church of Graysville, Tennessee, | 15 | | Liberty Baptist Church of Rochester, Indiana, and for the past | 16 | | 36 years at El Vista Baptist Church in Peoria; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Martha Watt was preceded in death by her | 18 | | brothers, James and Robert Heavner, and her parents; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Martha Watt is survived by her six children, | 20 | | Benjamin (Kristina) Watt, Philip (Erin) Watt, Sarah Watt, |
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| 1 | | Enoch (Dana) Watt, Adam (Lis) Watt, and Hannah (Justin) Derry; | 2 | | her nine grandchildren, Grace, Isaac, Luke, Jeremiah, Eliza, | 3 | | Annabelle, Piper, Jake, and Jada; her siblings, Tony (Wendy) | 4 | | Heavner, John (Maureen) Heavner, Mike (Sharon) Heavner, Margie | 5 | | (Bob) Jackson, Joe (Debi) Heavner, Enoch (Diana) Heavner, and | 6 | | Eddie (Dawn) Heavner; her sister-in-law, Sandy Heavner; her | 7 | | aunts and uncles; her cousins; and her El Vista Baptist Church | 8 | | family; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of
Martha Louise Watt and extend our | 12 | | sincere
condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 13 | | and loved
her; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
| 15 | | presented to the family of Martha Watt as an expression of
our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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