Full Text of HR0661 096th General Assembly
HR0661 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 James | 4 |
| Carl Walker of Herrin, who passed away on September 1, 2009; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, James Carl Walker was born in Herrin on April 2, | 7 |
| 1926, the son of Joe V. and Jane (Mitchell) Walker; he married | 8 |
| Carolyn Stotlar in Herrin on February 27, 1948; and
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| WHEREAS, He owned JV Walker and Sons Clothing Store in | 10 |
| Herrin; he served as past president of Heartland National Bank | 11 |
| in Herrin; he was a husband, father, grandfather, businessman, | 12 |
| entrepreneur, inventor (of bass baits), sportsman, | 13 |
| conservationist, bird watcher, volunteer, churchman, | 14 |
| missionary, and very good friend; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 16 |
| grandson, James V. Walker; his brother, Joe Walker; and his | 17 |
| sister, Suzanne Walker; and
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| WHEREAS, He is survived by his wife, Carolyn (Stotlar) | 19 |
| Walker; his daughter and son-in-law, Luann and Bill Tietze; his | 20 |
| son and daughter-in-law, James "Jay" W. and Trina Walker; his | 21 |
| grandsons, William James "B.J." Tietze and his wife Amanda, |
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| Adam and Louis Tietze; his granddaughter-in-law, Abigail Lynn | 2 |
| and a soon-to-be born great-granddaughter; and his sister, | 3 |
| Sally Bates; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of James | 7 |
| Carl Walker; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of James Carl Walker as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sincere sympathy.
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