Full Text of HR0409 99th 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 James | 4 | | Kenneth Powless, who passed away on April 18, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Powless was born in
Carbondale on April 9, | 6 | | 1949 to Kenneth
Barnett and Emily Mary
(nee Cygnar) Powless; he | 7 | | married Susan
Elizabeth Reed on June 13,
1970 in Marion; he | 8 | | earned his Bachelor of Science in Finance in 1971 and a
Juris | 9 | | Doctor in 1974 from the University of Illinois | 10 | | Urbana-Champaign; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, James Powless practiced law in Marion and owned | 12 | | William
County Title and Abstract; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, James Powless was a member of Aldersgate United | 14 | | Methodist Church of
Marion; he enjoyed fishing, reading, | 15 | | cooking, tinkering, teaching, and
listening to folk music; he | 16 | | volunteered
for the Marion Regional Humane Society and | 17 | | substitute taught
for the Marion and Carterville school | 18 | | districts; he invested many years
coaching a summer softball | 19 | | league; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Powless was preceded in death by his parents | 21 | | and his father-in-law,
George Pullis; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Powless is survived by his wife of 44 years, | 2 | | Susan; his 2
daughters and son-in-law, Sarah Filkins and
Jamie | 3 | | and Will Miller; his 3 grandsons, Colin Filkins,
Jack Miller, | 4 | | and Finnegan Miller; his sisters, Linda Powless and Catherine | 5 | | Powless; his brother and sister-in-law, David and Patty | 6 | | Powless; his mother-in-law, Carol
Pullis; several nephews and | 7 | | nieces; many friends; and
the many students whom he enjoyed | 8 | | teaching in the Marion Unit
2 and Carterville Unit 5 school | 9 | | districts; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 12 | | mourn the passing of James Kenneth Powless, and extend our | 13 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 14 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of James Powless as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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