Full Text of HR0558 96th General Assembly
HR0558 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of | 4 |
| Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth of Oakland, who was killed in | 5 |
| the line of duty while serving in Helmand, Afghanistan, on | 6 |
| February 8, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Jared W. Southworth was born on May 28, 1982 in | 8 |
| Mattoon, the oldest son of Robert and Kimberly Pierson | 9 |
| Southworth; he was raised and educated in Oakland, and | 10 |
| graduated from Oakland High School in 2000; he later graduated | 11 |
| from Lakeland College, and Eastern Illinois University, where | 12 |
| he was in the ROTC program; and
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| WHEREAS, On March 24, 2001 he married Chrissy Lynn Royer at | 14 |
| the Oakland Christian Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Jared was a Lieutenant in the HHC 2/130 Infantry | 16 |
| Division of the Illinois National Guard, and was a United | 17 |
| States Army Ranger; he lived his life by the motto "God, | 18 |
| Family, Country"; he was a member of the Oakland Christian | 19 |
| Church, was a devoted husband, father, son, and brother, and | 20 |
| loved the National Guard, considering it his privilege to serve | 21 |
| his country; and |
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| WHEREAS, Jared served the community of Oakland as a | 2 |
| part-time police officer, and befriended many; he will always | 3 |
| be remembered for his abilities on the baseball field, and for | 4 |
| his general love of life; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his great-grandmother, | 6 |
| Ettoil Coon; his paternal grandfather, William Southworth; and | 7 |
| his maternal grandfather, Robert Pierson; and
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| WHEREAS, Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth is survived by his | 9 |
| wife, Chrissy Southworth; his four children, Logan, age 7, | 10 |
| Owen, age 6, Carly, age 3, and Ally, age 2; his parents, Bob | 11 |
| and Kim Southworth; his brother, Michael Southworth and his | 12 |
| fiancée, Katie O'Connor; his sister, Nikki Bancroft and her | 13 |
| husband, Brian; his nephew, Preston Bancroft; his paternal | 14 |
| grandmother, Karen Watson; and his maternal grandparents, Gene | 15 |
| and Joan Hartke; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 18 |
| mourn, along with his family, friends, and a grateful nation, | 19 |
| the passing of Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Jared Southworth and | 22 |
| his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making |
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| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 2 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of Lieutenant Jared W. Southworth as a | 4 |
| symbol of our respect and sincere sympathy.
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