Full Text of SR0395 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 John Hixon of Danville, formerly of | 4 | | Chrisman, who passed away on April 2, 2009; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born March 17, 1941, in Urbana to Carl and | 6 | | Pauline Clark Hixon; he married Carolyn Currier on October 28, | 7 | | 1961, in Louisville, Kentucky; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS,
He had worked at Hyster for 33 years, serving as | 9 | | secretary-treasurer of the ILBTU local; he was a member of the | 10 | | Further Light Lodge, Gao Grotto, where he served as Past | 11 | | Monarch; and he was a member of the Midwest Grotto Association, | 12 | | where he served as past president; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He also was an Indy and NASCAR racing fan, proud | 14 | | member of the 1959 class of Scottland High School, Honorary | 15 | | Kentucky Colonel, and an ardent and lifelong Democrat; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 17 | | maternal and paternal grandparents; his sister, Judith; his | 18 | | aunt, Berdina Martin; and his uncles, Merl Clark and Ralph | 19 | | Hixon; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, John Hixon is survived by his wife, Carolyn; his |
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| 1 | | sons, John Hixon and Carl Scott (Laura) Hixon, and his brother, | 2 | | Merl (Betty) Hixon; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 5 | | his family and friends, the passing of John Hixon; and be it | 6 | | further
| 7 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 | | presented to the family of John Hixon as a symbol of our | 9 | | sincere sympathy.
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