Full Text of SR1592 99th 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 James Clair May, who passed away on | 4 | | January 16, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James May was born in Richmond to Charles and | 6 | | Julia May on December 15, 1929; he graduated from Richmond | 7 | | Burton Community High School in 1947, where he was involved in | 8 | | many school activities, including Student Class Council | 9 | | President and Captain of the 1946 undefeated Southern Regional | 10 | | Conference Champion "Raiders" 7-man football team; he attended | 11 | | the University of Illinois, where he graduated in 1951 with a | 12 | | degree in architecture; after college, he enlisted in the | 13 | | United States Air Force and served as a 2nd Lieutenant | 14 | | stationed in Minnesota; he married Mary E. Bruce in January of | 15 | | 1953; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, James May and his family moved to Plainfield in | 17 | | 1956 and he started work with Huber, Hunt and Nichols; his | 18 | | career started with the construction of Memorial Stadium at | 19 | | Illinois University; he went on to become the President of | 20 | | Huber, Hunt and Nichols, later known as the Hunt Construction | 21 | | Group in 1976; during his career, he oversaw the construction | 22 | | of some of the country's most well-known structures, including | 23 | | Three Rivers Stadium in Pittsburgh, Riverfront Stadium in |
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| 1 | | Cincinnati, the Superdome in New Orleans, and Rupp Arena in | 2 | | Lexington, Kentucky; locally, he was involved in the | 3 | | construction of Market Square Arena, the AUL Building, Bank One | 4 | | Tower, the City County Building, and the Hoosier Dome; he was | 5 | | also a former President of the Associated General Contractors | 6 | | of Indiana; he later formed May and Associates, where he was | 7 | | involved with building the Indiana Government Center in | 8 | | Indianapolis, Indiana; he spent several years with F. A. | 9 | | Wilhelm Construction before retiring in 1996; he went on to | 10 | | join HG Properties and built the Twin Bridges Golf Course in | 11 | | Danville, Indiana; later, he went on to manage the golf course | 12 | | at his alma mater, the University of Illinois; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, James May and his family were actively involved | 14 | | with St. Susanna Catholic Church and the Plainfield Elks Club; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, James May was preceded in death by his loving | 17 | | wife, Mary; his son and daughter-in-law, Bruce and Marlana May; | 18 | | his parents, Charles and Julia May; and his brothers, Charles, | 19 | | Robert and Richie May; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, James May is survived by his sister, Mary Anne | 21 | | (Larry Gaylord); his sisters-in-law, Margaret and Maxine May; | 22 | | his son, Robert (America) May; his daughter, Linda (Jim) | 23 | | Rinehart; his son, Douglas (Rebecca) May; his daughter, Barbara |
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| 1 | | (Alan) Toliver; his daughter, Patricia (Jeffery) Smeathers; | 2 | | and his son, Thomas May; his grandchildren, Stephanie (John) | 3 | | Marshall, Wyatt and Elliott May, Robert and Gloria May, James | 4 | | (Shannon) Rinehart, Darcy Rinehart, Mitch Rinehart, Ryan | 5 | | (Shawna) May, Stuart Toliver, Michelle Toliver, Anne (Glenn) | 6 | | Toliver-Pratt, Grant Toliver, Jason Smeathers, Andrew | 7 | | Smeathers, and Madison Smeathers; and his great-grandchildren, | 8 | | Matthew, Alyssa Isabella, Aleene, James, Emery, and Sarah; | 9 | | therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | James Clair May, and extend our sincere condolences to his | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of James May as an expression of our | 17 | | deepest sympathy.
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