Full Text of SR0381 97th 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 Charles M. Smith of Benton, who passed | 4 | | away on October 6, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born December 13, 1925, in Benton to Edward | 6 | | and Nancy Marie (Wayman) Smith; he married Norma L. Bigham on | 7 | | February 14, 1947, in Pocahontas, Arkansas; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, He served with the United States Army during World | 9 | | War II in India and Burma; after leaving the Army, he owned and | 10 | | operated Charles M. Smith Trucking, Tri-City Redi Mix Inc., and | 11 | | Benton Drug; he was also the president of First American | 12 | | Savings and Loan and mayor of Benton from 1987 to 1991; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was of the Non-Denominational faith; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife; his parents; | 15 | | his sons, Richard and Charles; and his brother, Everett; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Charles Smith is survived by his son, Robert Smith | 17 | | and wife, Pamela; his daughters, Suella Sullivan and Melony | 18 | | Dalby and husband, Robert; his grandchildren, Dean Smith, | 19 | | Shauna Smith Mullins and husband, Dale, Andrea Smith Butler and | 20 | | husband, Brian, and David Brown; his great-grandchildren, |
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| 1 | | Katlyn and Faith Wyant, Peyton and Hannah Robinson, Allen | 2 | | Mullins, and Tyler and Chloe Butler; his sister, Florence | 3 | | Warner; his brothers, Arthur and wife, Patty and Carl and wife, | 4 | | Beverly; and several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 | | his family and friends, the passing of Charles Smith; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Charles Smith as a symbol of our | 11 | | sincere sympathy.
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