Full Text of HR0679 102nd 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 John E. | 4 | | Price III of Thebes, who passed away on January 31, 2022; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Price was born to John E. and Zelma (Bowles) | 6 | | Price Jr. in Cairo on January 29, 1956; he was a lifelong | 7 | | resident of Southern Illinois; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, John Price was a retired business agent and | 9 | | secretary treasurer for Local 773, and he dedicated his life | 10 | | to the working men and women of the union and The Laborers | 11 | | Charitable Foundation of Local 773; he began working | 12 | | construction through Local 773 in the summer of 1976; he was | 13 | | appointed business manager of Local 773 in Cairo in 1998, | 14 | | representing construction, industrial, public employees, and | 15 | | health care workers; he later became a representative for | 16 | | railroad construction and maintenance, environmental clean-up, | 17 | | and derailment members; he was appointed to the Board of | 18 | | Trustees of the Railroad Maintenance & Industrial Health and | 19 | | Welfare Fund in 2002; after the 2003 merger, he was elected as | 20 | | secretary-treasurer for Local 773 in Marion, vice president of | 21 | | 12th District AFL/CIO Community on Political Education | 22 | | (C.O.P.E.), sergeant at arms for the Southern and Central | 23 | | Illinois Laborers' District Council, and delegate to the LiUNA |
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| 1 | | National Convention until his retirement in 2017; after his | 2 | | retirement, he served the local union by remaining on the | 3 | | Local 773 Retiree Board, where he later served as president; | 4 | | and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, John Price served on numerous boards, including | 6 | | the Shawnee Community College Foundation as a board member and | 7 | | chairman, The Laborers Care (TLC), the Alexander County | 8 | | Housing Authority, the Alexander County Port Authority Board, | 9 | | the Horseshoe Lake Volunteer Fire Department, the Local 773 | 10 | | Credit Union, Railcet, the Railroad Training Board, the | 11 | | Alexander County Building Commission as commissioner, Local | 12 | | 773 Southern Illinois Laborers Health & Welfare, and Delta | 13 | | Development; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, John Price was a member and trustee of the Olive | 15 | | Branch United Methodist Church; he was a former deputy for the | 16 | | Pulaski County Sheriff's Department from 1980 until 1987; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, John Price loved his family deeply and cherished | 18 | | every friendship he made; he loved fishing, riding his | 19 | | side-by-side with his grandson, and working in the yard; he | 20 | | was ready to help when anyone had a need, and he was usually | 21 | | the first one there and the last to leave; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, John Price was preceded in death by his parents; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, John Price is survived by his wife, Nancy Price; | 3 | | his sons, John E. Price IV, Zachary Cache Price, and Trenton | 4 | | Chase Price (Sara Kuehl); his brother, Ronald (Martha) Price; | 5 | | his sister, Pamela (Mike) Malone; his grandson, Lincoln | 6 | | Everette Price; his soon-to-arrive grandchild, John Price; and | 7 | | his numerous nieces, nephews, other relatives, and friends; | 8 | | therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 10 | | HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 11 | | we mourn the passing of John E. Price III and extend our | 12 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 13 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of John Price as an expression of our | 16 | | deepest sympathy.
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