Full Text of HR0721 96th General Assembly
HR0721 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the | 3 |
| Illinois House of Representatives are saddened to learn of the | 4 |
| death of Milton and Ruby McClendon, who passed away on October | 5 |
| 19, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton McClendon was born on June 19, 1931, in | 7 |
| Hammond, Indiana; his parents were William and Geneva | 8 |
| McClendon; Ruby McClendon was born on October 17, 1933, in | 9 |
| Stanton, Tennessee; her parents were Theodore and Willola | 10 |
| Jones; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon were both graduates of | 12 |
| Hammond High School, graduating with the Classes of 1950 and | 13 |
| 1951, respectively; Milton served his country with pride and | 14 |
| distinction as a member of the United States Army from 1951 to | 15 |
| 1954; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon were united in holy | 17 |
| matrimony in 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton McClendon was employed with the United | 19 |
| States Postal Service for many years until his retirement in | 20 |
| 1986; Ruby McClendon was employed with Pullman Standard and | 21 |
| Tran-Zact in Hammond, Indiana for many years until her |
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| retirement in 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon were active members in | 3 |
| their community; Milton served as a Little League coach and | 4 |
| served as a guide and mentor for many aspiring athletes, | 5 |
| particularly in track and field; Ruby was an active member of | 6 |
| the Hammond Public Schools PTA and served as a den mother for | 7 |
| many Cub Scout troops; both Milton and Ruby were dedicated | 8 |
| members of the NAACP; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon were loyal and dedicated | 10 |
| members of the St. Paul Episcopal Church in Munster, Indiana; | 11 |
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| WHEREAS, Milton McClendon was preceded in death by his | 13 |
| parents, William and Geneva, and his brother, Ulysses Napoleon | 14 |
| McClendon; Ruby McClendon was preceded in death by her parents, | 15 |
| Theodore and Willola Jones; and
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| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon are survived by their | 17 |
| loving sons, Duane (Reba) McClendon, Theodore (Carol Smith) | 18 |
| McClendon, and Garrard (Quanica) McClendon; their adoring | 19 |
| grandchildren, Olympia (George) McClendon Johnson, ReAnne | 20 |
| Namara McClendon, Jocelyn Patrice Russell, Jaiman Duane | 21 |
| McClendon, Maximillian Elston McClendon, Tristin Kailan | 22 |
| Russell, and Miranda Aurora McClendon; their great-grandchild, |
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| Geordan D. Johnson; and their many other family members and | 2 |
| friends; Milton is also survived by his sister, Irene Agnel | 3 |
| Hayes, and his brother, William (Sylvia) McClendon; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Milton and Ruby McClendon will be remembered by | 5 |
| all who knew and loved them as pillars of their community, role | 6 |
| models to the countless children and adults they guided through | 7 |
| life's trials, and as loving and supportive parents; therefore, | 8 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 10 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 11 |
| mourn, along with their family and friends, the passing of | 12 |
| Milton and Ruby McClendon; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Milton and Ruby McClendon as an | 15 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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