Full Text of SR0720 095th General Assembly
SR0720 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of James L. "Pug" Jones of Springfield, who | 4 |
| passed away on December 21, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, James L. "Pug" Jones was born October 19, 1922, in | 6 |
| Springfield, the son of George Albert and Henrietta Arnold | 7 |
| Jones; he married Evelyn L. Ore on January 23, 1965; and
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| WHEREAS, Jim served with the Springfield Police Department | 9 |
| for 22 years, retiring as a lieutenant in 1974; he later worked | 10 |
| for the Springfield Health Department for 18 years as a housing | 11 |
| and environmental inspector, and served as a doorman for the | 12 |
| Illinois Senate from 1994 to 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the United States Navy during World | 14 |
| War II in the South Pacific, earning several service ribbons | 15 |
| and stars in combat zones; he also played football for the | 16 |
| United States Navy in Norfolk, Virginia; he was an active | 17 |
| member of West Side Christian Church for more than 67 years and | 18 |
| a member of Central Lodge 71 AF & AM, Springfield Consistory, | 19 |
| and Ansar Shrine, where he served as provost marshal for more | 20 |
| than 26 years and was named emeritus provost marshal in 2007; | 21 |
| he was a life member of Ansar Legion of Honor and served on the | 22 |
| Drill Team, which won national championships; Ansar Retirees; |
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| Capitol City Shrine Club; Elks BPOE 158, where he served as | 2 |
| exhaled ruler in 1975; and PBA 5, Illinois Police Association | 3 |
| Mid State Division; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by two infant sons, | 5 |
| Jeffery and Scott Jones; his parents; his brothers, Charles | 6 |
| Earl "Mike" Jones, George Leroy Jones, and Robert Arnold Jones; | 7 |
| his sisters, Dorothy Lysinger and Mary Evelyn Pennington; and | 8 |
| his two infant sisters; and
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| WHEREAS, Surviving are his wife, Evelyn; his two daughters, | 10 |
| Connie (husband, Steve) Wallace and Carrie (husband, Dan Held); | 11 |
| his three grandchildren, Stephen Wallace, Zane Wallace, and | 12 |
| Chloe Wallace; his two stepgrandchildren, Maggie and Ellie | 13 |
| Held; his brother, Benjamin Jones; and several nieces and | 14 |
| nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| his family and friends, the passing of James L. "Pug" Jones; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of James L. "Pug" Jones as a symbol of | 21 |
| our sincere sympathy.
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