Full Text of HR1254 94th General Assembly
HR1254 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death in the line | 4 |
| of duty of Deputy Sheriff Elizabeth Mazella Edwards of | 5 |
| Rosiclare on February 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Deputy Edwards, the youngest daughter of Wayne and | 7 |
| Nancie "Susie" Edwards, was born on June 2, 1979; she attended | 8 |
| Hardin County schools, where she had many, many friends; she | 9 |
| was active in softball, band, and cross-country; and
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| WHEREAS, In May of 1997, she was baptized at the Hardin | 11 |
| County Church of Christ; she graduated from Hardin County High | 12 |
| School and spent a year at Freed-Hardeman University in | 13 |
| Henderson, Tennessee, and attended Southeastern Illinois | 14 |
| College; and
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| WHEREAS, After the events of September 11, 2001, she joined | 16 |
| the United States Army Reserves and proudly served her country; | 17 |
| she went on to serve in another capacity, becoming a Deputy for | 18 |
| the Hardin County Sheriffs Department in the fall of 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth touched a lot of people and families; | 20 |
| she made friends wherever she went; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Deputy Elizabeth M. Edwards has | 22 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially her fiance, Nathan Moore; | 23 |
| her son, Lucas; her parents, Daddy, Wayne Edwards and his wife | 24 |
| Michele, and Momma, Nancie "Susie" Edwards; her sisters, | 25 |
| Shealean (Wayne) Cullum and Waynette Edwards; her nieces and | 26 |
| nephews, Kelby, Kelsy, and Caleb Cullum, and Bethany and Aaron | 27 |
| Bryant; her many, many friends; CA Bryant and Rick Bethel; the | 28 |
| United States Army; her Sheriffs Department family; the | 29 |
| Moore/Joiner/Putts family; and her beloved dogs, Lucy, Buster, | 30 |
| and Bailey; she was preceded in death by her brother, Stewart |
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| Wayne Edwards; her grandparents, Clifford "Buck" and Mary | 2 |
| Edwards and Charlie and Pearl Ledbetter; her stepmom, Beverly | 3 |
| Edwards, and her uncle Dean Edwards; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 6 |
| we mourn the passing of Deputy Sheriff Elizabeth Mazella | 7 |
| Edwards, and we extend our deepest sympathy to her family, | 8 |
| friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further | 9 |
| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Deputy Edwards and | 10 |
| her willingness to serve her fellow man that led to her making | 11 |
| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our sincerest | 14 |
| condolences.
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