Full Text of SR0438 98th 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 George Morris, Jr., who passed away on | 4 | | June 15, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. was born on November 15, 1924, | 6 | | in West Frankfort; his parents were George Sr. and Laura | 7 | | Morris; he married Lola F. (nee Melvin) Morris in 1946, in | 8 | | Pickett, Arkansas; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. served his country with pride | 10 | | in the United States Navy during World War II in the | 11 | | Asiatic-Pacific Theater; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. began working in the coal mines | 13 | | in 1947 with the Franklin County Coal Company in Royalton; he | 14 | | subsequently worked for the Freeman Coal Company before | 15 | | transferring to the Peabody Coal Company in 1971; while working | 16 | | for Peabody, he worked as the safety manager at Eagle Mine in | 17 | | Shawneetown; in 1977, he began working at the Morris and Sons | 18 | | Coal Company as the personnel and safety director; his last | 19 | | employment was at Kenellis Energies Inc. in Galatia, where he | 20 | | worked out of the corporate office and handled all labor | 21 | | matters for the company; he also served as president of the | 22 | | local district of United Mine Workers of America and taught |
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| 1 | | mine safety classes at Southeastern Illinois College; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. served his community as a | 3 | | member of Denning Township Board and coached little league | 4 | | baseball when he was younger; he was also a member of West | 5 | | Frankfort Veterans of Foreign Wars Post 5764; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 7 | | parents; his wife, Lola; his sisters, Thelma, Ruth, and Maxine; | 8 | | his brothers, Vernon, Albert, Doyle, and Harold Morris; and his | 9 | | two infant siblings; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, George Morris, Jr. is survived by his daughter, | 11 | | Melanie (Gerald) Walker; his son, Rex (Linda) Morris; his | 12 | | grandchildren, Chad Robison and Jamiel Morris; and his | 13 | | great-grandchildren, Jordan and Hunter Robison and Kane and Nia | 14 | | Morris; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of George Morris, Jr.; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of George Morris, Jr. as an expression | 21 | | of our sympathy.
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