Full Text of HR0976 99th 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 Stuart | 4 | | "Stu" Wright of Pinckneyville, who passed away on December 20, | 5 | | 2015; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Stuart Wright was born in Battle Creek, Michigan | 7 | | on October 12, 1941 and married
Sharon Kay Pursell on June 24, | 8 | | 1961; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Stuart Wright was deeply involved in the | 10 | | Pinckneyville community, serving as a board
member on the | 11 | | Pinckneyville Community High School Board; he was instrumental | 12 | | in the
foundation of high school shooting sports in the State | 13 | | of Illinois and coached the Pinckneyville High
School Shooting | 14 | | Sports Team to a national championship; he also coached the | 15 | | Pinckneyville Optimist
Swim Team and helped in the founding of | 16 | | the Pinckneyville Band Parents Organization; and | 17 | | WHEREAS, Stuart Wright was a lifetime member of the | 18 | | National Rifle Association and Amateur
Trapshooting | 19 | | Association; he was heavily involved with the gun industry | 20 | | through his gunsmithing
at Wright's Inc. and was a | 21 | | world-renowned Winchester Model 12 expert; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Stuart Wright started his gunsmithing company out | 2 | | of his garage in the 1970s while
working full time as a coal | 3 | | miner and electrician, spending 25 years at CONSOL Energy | 4 | | Burning Star #4; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, In 2002, Stuart Wright started his high school | 6 | | coaching career when he was asked to
coach the school's FFA | 7 | | squad, growing the squad from just 5 shooters to 32 shooters,
| 8 | | participating in trap, skeet, and sporting clays; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Stuart Wright's motto was "Fun With a Gun"; he led | 10 | | his team to national
prominence by winning first place high | 11 | | overall at the Scholastic Clay Target Program Nationals
in July | 12 | | of 2015; he taught his students leadership skills, how to act | 13 | | safely, and how to be respectful
of other teams and fellow team | 14 | | members; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, As head coach, Stuart Wright believed that every | 16 | | child that wanted to shoot should be
given the opportunity, and | 17 | | that the team would support them in that endeavor regardless of
| 18 | | financial situation; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, On February 6 2015, Stuart Wright learned he had | 20 | | Stage 4 pancreatic cancer, but he never let it
deter his | 21 | | coaching, getting out of bed after chemotherapy to make it to | 22 | | the World Shooting &
Recreational Complex to watch his kids |
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| 1 | | compete in the Scholastic Clay Target Program championships; | 2 | | therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 | | mourn the passing of Stuart "Stu" Wright, and extend our | 6 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 7 | | and loved him; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Stuart Wright as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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