Full Text of HR0812 099th 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 Gerald | 4 | | Hawkins, who passed away on September 30, 2015; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins was born September 20, 1943 in Du | 6 | | Quoin; his parents were Enos and Patricia (nee Elledge) | 7 | | Hawkins; he married Ruth Heard of Pinckneyville on November 9, | 8 | | 1963; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins attended school in Sparta until he | 10 | | graduated in 1961; he subsequently served in the United States | 11 | | Army Reserve for 3 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins worked at Benson's Men's Store in | 13 | | Sparta and for Prudential Insurance before going to work in the | 14 | | coal mines; in 1974, he became the COMPAC director for District | 15 | | 12 of the United Mine Workers of America, where he served until | 16 | | his retirement in 1992; he later worked at Chip Banks Chevrolet | 17 | | in Du Quoin; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins served as a Perry County | 19 | | Commissioner during the 1980s; he also served as chairman of | 20 | | the 708 Mental Health Board and as a member of the Perry County | 21 | | Housing Authority Board and the Du Quoin State Bank Board; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins served as an Illinois State | 2 | | Representative from 1992 to 1994; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents and his sister, Mary Gwen Falkenhein; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Gerald Hawkins is survived by his wife of 51 | 6 | | years, Ruth; his children, Jon (Amorette) Hawkins and Jane | 7 | | (John) Lysell; his grandchildren, Olivia, Calvin, and Grace | 8 | | Lysell and Lauren (Cody) Crowden; his great-grandchildren, | 9 | | August and Adilyn Crowden; and his many nieces and nephews; | 10 | | therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 14 | | Gerald Hawkins; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Gerald Hawkins as an expression of | 17 | | our sympathy.
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