Full Text of SR1358 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Allen Frederick Bennett, who passed away | 4 | | on Wednesday, November 29, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett was born to the late Leo | 6 | | and Donna Bennett on August 29, 1943 in Mt. Vernon, Illinois; | 7 | | and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett earned a bachelor's | 9 | | degree in business commerce from the University of Illinois in | 10 | | 1965; he graduated law school from the University of Tennessee | 11 | | and received his Juris Doctor in 1967; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett began his distinguished | 13 | | public service career in 1968, when he was elected State's | 14 | | Attorney of Moultrie County, Illinois; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett, shortly thereafter, | 16 | | served as the Public Defender of Macon County before his | 17 | | election as State Representative from Decatur in 1976; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett also served as an | 19 | | Assistant Attorney General and later as a lobbyist for the | 20 | | Fraternal Order of Police, Trooper's Lodge #41 and Illinois |
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| 1 | | Fraternal Order of Police, State Lodge; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett served the people of | 3 | | Illinois by being one of the few to serve in all three branches | 4 | | of Illinois Government: The General Assembly, Executive, and | 5 | | Judiciary; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennet practiced law privately in | 7 | | Sullivan, Decatur, Springfield, and Shelbyville before being | 8 | | elected Resident Circuit Judge of Shelby County, 4th Judicial | 9 | | Circuit in 2012; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett was preceded in death by | 11 | | his parents, Leo and Donna Bennett; and his sister, Suzie | 12 | | Rudin; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Allen Frederick Bennett is survived by his wife, | 14 | | Tina Bennett; his children, Tammera McClendon, Allen Bennett | 15 | | II, and Trina Bedlington; his sisters, Katie (Byron) Cartwright | 16 | | and Sally (James) Hooten; his eight grandchildren; his four | 17 | | great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces and nephews; | 18 | | therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Allen Frederick Bennett and extend our sincere condolences to |
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| 1 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Allen Frederick Bennett as an | 5 | | expression of our deepest sympathy and regards.
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