Full Text of HR0749 94th General Assembly
HR0749 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Raymond W. "Burrhead" | 4 |
| Lamkin of Champaign on Saturday, October 22, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was born on March 23, 1918, in Hammond | 6 |
| to Clyde E. and Lola M. Lecrone Lamkin; he married Irene E. | 7 |
| Korsmeyer on July 24, 1955; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a graduate of Bement High School; | 9 |
| he was a drop forger at Clifford and Jacobs Company; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin served in the United States Army during | 11 |
| World War II in the European Theatre of Operation Normandy at | 12 |
| the end of the war; he was a fifty year volunteer at the | 13 |
| Danville Veteran's Center; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the First Presbyterian | 15 |
| Church of Champaign, where he was a former deacon on two | 16 |
| occasions; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Lamkin was a member of the Piatt Historical | 18 |
| and Genealogical Society, the American Legion Post #24, the VFW | 19 |
| Post #5520, the US Calvary Association, and the 106th Cavalry | 20 |
| Regiment Association; he was a member and former state | 21 |
| commander of the Amvets Post #3; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, three | 23 |
| brothers, and two sisters; and | 24 |
| WHEREAS, The passing of Raymond W. "Burrhead" Lamkin has | 25 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially his wife; his daughter, | 26 |
| Patsy Ann Spinks; his grandchild; and his two sisters, Patricia | 27 |
| Ford and Evelyn Pierce; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 |
| we mourn the passing of Raymond W. Lamkin, and we extend our | 4 |
| sincerest condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 5 |
| and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 8 |
| sympathy for their loss.
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