Full Text of HR0725 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Royce Elliott was born on March 29, 1936, in | 3 | | Stephenville, Texas; his parents were Earl and Loretta Elliott; | 4 | | he married Helen Milford on October 14, 1961; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Royce Elliott graduated from Woodruff High | 6 | | School, where he played baseball, basketball, and football and | 7 | | participated in choir; he later attended Western Illinois | 8 | | University, where he played football and baseball, and Bradley | 9 | | University; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Royce Elliott was best known as "America's | 11 | | funniest clean comedian"; he traveled all over North America | 12 | | performing as an emcee for sports, corporate, and charity | 13 | | events; he entertained at numerous venues, such as Bally's Las | 14 | | Vegas, the Grand Ole Opry, and Atlantic City; he also performed | 15 | | his routine at the Stadium Club in Peoria, Two Brother's Tap, | 16 | | and local baseball fields; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Royce Elliott made dozens of national television | 18 | | appearances on "The Ralph Emery Show", "Crook and Chase", | 19 | | "Nashville Now", and "The Statler Brothers Show"; he worked | 20 | | with many celebrities, including Frank Sinatra, Lou Rawls, Rich | 21 | | Little, Barbara Mandrell, Vince Gill, and Conway Twitty; he | 22 | | also worked sports banquets and fantasy camps with sports stars |
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| 1 | | Lou Brock, Bob Gibson, Fergie Jenkins, Terry Bradshaw, Jack | 2 | | Buck, Harry Caray, and many others; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, After semi-retiring, Royce Elliott worked locally | 4 | | as a co-host of "Breakfast With Royce and Roger", where he | 5 | | connected with his all-time favorite comedian, Jonathan | 6 | | Winters; he spent most Thursday mornings at the Sterling Family | 7 | | Restaurant with good friends from the ROMEO club; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Royce Elliott enjoyed sports and coaching and | 9 | | sponsoring local teams; he played for several years in the | 10 | | Peoria Sunday Morning League and played fast pitch softball for | 11 | | about 20 years; Elliott's Jesters sponsored fast pitch teams, | 12 | | park district men's basketball teams, and youth track teams; he | 13 | | also coached in the Salvation Army Biddy Basketball league and | 14 | | West Peoria Little League; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, The City of Peoria has designated the portion of | 16 | | Evans Street between Monroe Street and Perry Avenue in Peoria | 17 | | as "Royce Elliott Place" in honor of his work; therefore, be it | 18 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 19 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 20 | | designate March 26, 2016 as Royce Elliott Day in the State of | 21 | | Illinois in honor of Mr. Elliott and his legacy of | 22 | | entertainment; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | delivered to the family of Royce Elliott as a symbol of our | 3 | | respect and esteem.
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