Full Text of HR0022 101st 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 Jim | 4 | | Mitchell of Johnston City, who passed away on January 1, 2019 | 5 | | at the age of 74; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Growing up, Jim Mitchell was active in the Boy | 7 | | Scouts and achieved the rank of Eagle Scout; he graduated from | 8 | | Johnson City High School in 1962; he earned a degree in | 9 | | vocational education from Southern Illinois | 10 | | University-Carbondale; he was a veteran of the United States | 11 | | Army and served honorably; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Jim Mitchell worked for the Illinois Department of | 13 | | Transportation and retired in 2002; in 2003, he began working | 14 | | as a sales agent with Modern Woodmen of America; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Jim Mitchell remained actively involved with the | 16 | | Boy Scouts and volunteered his time to Boy Scout Troop #19 of | 17 | | Johnston City and was awarded the Silver Beaver Award for his | 18 | | dedication; he also served as the District Commissioner for the | 19 | | Boy Scouts in the Egyptian District of Southern Illinois; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Jim Mitchell was a member of the Lake Creek | 21 | | Masonic Lodge #729 of Johnston City; he was also a member of |
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| 1 | | the Williamson County Shrine Club, where he enjoyed being a | 2 | | clown at many of the Shrine's functions for children; he was a | 3 | | longtime member of the First Christian Church in West | 4 | | Frankfort; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Jim Mitchell is survived by his wife, Jeannie; his | 6 | | daughter, Misty (Tom) Whittington; his son, Grant (Abby) | 7 | | Mitchell; his stepson, Glenn (D'Anne) Stephenson; his | 8 | | grandson, Trevor Whittington; his sisters, Ruth Alice Wolfe and | 9 | | Melody (Mike) Kazmi; his sister-in-law, Marilyn Mitchell; his | 10 | | brother-in-law, Jeff Duvall; and his many nieces and nephews; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 13 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn the passing of Jim Mitchell and extend our sincere | 15 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 16 | | him; and be it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Jim Mitchell as an expression of our | 19 | | deepest sympathy.
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