Full Text of HR1234 98th 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 former | 4 | | United States Representative Kenneth J. Gray, who passed away | 5 | | on July 12, 2014; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gray was born on November 14, 1924 | 7 | | in West Frankfort to Thomas and Anna (Reed) Gray; he graduated | 8 | | from Frankfort High School, and served in the United States Air | 9 | | Force during World War II; he married Gwendolyn June Gray and | 10 | | she preceded him in passing; he later married Margaret "Toedy" | 11 | | Holley-Gray; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gray was first elected to Congress | 13 | | in 1954 and served 10 terms, retiring in 1974; he returned to | 14 | | Congress in 1984 and served 2 additional terms; he was known | 15 | | for bringing federal projects to his depressed district, | 16 | | including a federal prison, an interstate highway, post | 17 | | offices, and hospitals; he helped write the Interstate Highway | 18 | | Act that President Eisenhower signed in 1956, and, in 2008, a | 19 | | portion of Interstate 57 in Southern Illinois was named the | 20 | | "Ken Gray Expressway"; Gray brought 7 presidents to Southern | 21 | | Illinois; he earned the nickname the "Prince of Pork" for | 22 | | bringing $7 billion in projects to his district; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gray attended the Christian | 2 | | Worship Center in West Frankfort; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gray was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents; his first wife, Gwendolyn June Gray; a son, James K. | 5 | | Gray; daughter, Marble Joiner; two brothers, Ralph and Paul | 6 | | Gray; and a son-in-law, Bill Clay; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Representative Gray is survived by his wife, | 8 | | Margaret "Toedy" Holley-Gray; daughters, Diann (Mike) | 9 | | Jasinski, Becky Gray Clay, and Candy McKeithen; grandchildren, | 10 | | Linsey Karroll, Lulu Lehmann, Max Gray, Lauren (Markus) | 11 | | Herrmann, Jamie (Elizabeth) Hall, Allison Hall, Joy Jasinski, | 12 | | Major McKeithen, Josh (Amber) Joiner, and Holley (Kyle) Hosick; | 13 | | great-grandchildren, Joshua Hall, Wesley Joiner, and Lyric | 14 | | Hosick; son-in-law, Jerry Joiner; and several nieces, nephews, | 15 | | and cousins; therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 17 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 18 | | we mourn the passing of former United States Representative | 19 | | Kenneth J. Gray, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 20 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 21 | | further
| 22 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| 1 | | presented to the family of Representative Gray as an expression | 2 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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