Full Text of SR1002 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of John Thomas "Tom" Long of Godfrey, who | 4 | | passed away on January 28, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long was born to Virginia (Fransden) and John | 6 | | D. "Jack" Long in Kankakee on May 3, 1950; he obtained his | 7 | | Bachelor of Science in Business and Accounting from Eastern | 8 | | Illinois University, where was a founding member of the Sigma | 9 | | Chi Fraternity; he earned his Juris Doctor from Southern | 10 | | Methodist University School of Law and his C.P.A. from the | 11 | | University of Illinois; he served in the U.S. Army; he married | 12 | | Robin L. Barton on March 10, 2001; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long served as a law clerk for the U.S. | 14 | | Department of Justice and Locke, Purnell, Laney & Neely, P.C.; | 15 | | he was a tax specialist with Coopers & Lybrand, CPAs; he served | 16 | | as Madison County Assistant State's Attorney under both Don | 17 | | Weber and William Haine; he was C.E.O. and vice chairman of the | 18 | | Argosy Gaming Company; he was chairman of the board and | 19 | | principal shareholder of First National Bank of Grant Park and | 20 | | First Community Bank of Godfrey; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long was licensed to practice law in Illinois | 22 | | and Missouri; he was a partner with Farrell, Heil, Long & St. |
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| 1 | | Peters, P.C.; he was then a partner with Farrell and Long, | 2 | | P.C.; he then served as of counsel with Farrell, Hunter, | 3 | | Hamilton & Julian, P.C.; he was currently serving as of | 4 | | counsel with Sandberg Phoenix & von Gontard, P.C; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long was a member of the White House Advance | 6 | | Office, the Presidential Inaugural Commission for the 2001 | 7 | | Bush-Cheney Inauguration, and the Bush-Cheney 2000 Advance | 8 | | Team; he served as site representative for the Bush-Cheney | 9 | | 2000 Victory Train Tour, one of 22 electors of the Electoral | 10 | | College of the Republican Party for the State of Illinois, | 11 | | lead advance representative for former President George W. | 12 | | Bush to Principia College, delegate to the 1988 Republican | 13 | | Convention, and host to President George H. W. Bush in Madison | 14 | | County for the 1988 Lincoln Day Dinner and the September 1988 | 15 | | Campaign Rally in Alton; he also served as Madison County | 16 | | Republican Chairman from 1986 to 1991; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long was a member of the Illinois State Bar | 18 | | Association, the Madison County Bar Association, the | 19 | | Alton-Wood River Bar Association, the Chicago Bar Association, | 20 | | the Illinois CPA Society, the Illinois Community Bankers | 21 | | Association, the Southern Illinois Employers Association, OSF | 22 | | St. Anthony's Health Center Board of Directors, and the | 23 | | Southwestern Illinois Growth Association; he was a member of | 24 | | Vaughn Hill Church of Christ; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long received the Significant Sig Award by | 2 | | the Sigma Chi Fraternity in 2017; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his brother, Stephen Long; his niece and goddaughter, | 5 | | Jacqueline "Jackie" Long; his brother-in-law, Michael Collier; | 6 | | his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Lawrence and Martha | 7 | | Barton; and his nephew, Joshua Condellone; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tom Long is survived by his wife; his daughters, | 9 | | Margaret (Mike) Long Kohl, Erin (Joe) Long Mays, and Emma | 10 | | Long; his grandchildren, Charlotte, Barrett, Louis, Marion, | 11 | | Elsie, and John; his former wife, Virginia M. Long; his | 12 | | brothers, Mike (Suzanne) Long, Dennis (Anne) Long, and Jeff | 13 | | (Diane) Long; his sisters, Mary Jo (John) Snyder and Mary Beth | 14 | | (Terry Siefert) Collier; his numerous nieces, nephews, | 15 | | great-nieces, and great-nephews; his brother-in-law, Ron | 16 | | (Cheryl) Barton; and his sister-in-law, Rhonda (Patrick) | 17 | | Linders; therefore, be it
| 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 19 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 20 | | John Thomas "Tom" Long and extend our sincere condolences to | 21 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 22 | | further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Tom Long as an expression of our | 3 | | deepest sympathy.
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