Full Text of HR0340 096th General Assembly
HR0340 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| Crocker of Sesser, who passed away on April 18, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, William Crocker was born on October 25, 1923 in | 6 |
| Scheller; his parents were Raymond and Mary (McBride) Crocker; | 7 |
| he married Dorothy (Payne) Christy on March 4, 1950 in Piggott, | 8 |
| Arkansas; they were divorced in 1956; he married Ruth Ann | 9 |
| (Summers) Eubanks on May 20, 1961 at First Baptist Church in | 10 |
| Sesser; and
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| WHEREAS, William Crocker attended Sesser High School | 12 |
| before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps during World | 13 |
| War II, where he served as an aircraft mechanic in the South | 14 |
| Pacific and was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant; | 15 |
| upon his return to the U.S., he attended Southern Illinois | 16 |
| University Carbondale, taught school, and worked as a | 17 |
| boilermaker in several states, as well as in Venezuela; and
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| WHEREAS, In the late 1950s and 1960s, William Crocker was | 19 |
| the owner of the Crocker Implement Co. in Sesser, where he | 20 |
| operated an Oliver and Massey Ferguson farm equipment | 21 |
| dealership; and
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| WHEREAS, William Crocker was involved in numerous civic | 2 |
| organizations and government agencies, but he was most proud of | 3 |
| his service as Goode Township supervisor for the past 28 years; | 4 |
| he was re-elected to another four-year term in April of 2008; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, William Crocker was honored by the Masonic Order | 7 |
| for his 50 years of service on March 31, 2009; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, William Crocker enjoyed being with his family, | 9 |
| gardening, and discussing government with his friends at the | 10 |
| local coffee shop, where he was known as "Mr. Democrat"; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, William Crocker is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann | 12 |
| (Summers) Crocker; his sons, Carl Crocker, married to Kathy | 13 |
| (Loucks), William "Bid" Crocker Jr., married to Lisa (Cockrum), | 14 |
| and Jeffery Crocker; his daughter, Susan (Crocker), married to | 15 |
| Mike Summers; his step-sons, Mike Eubanks, married to JoAnna | 16 |
| (Bisselle), and Ritchie Eubanks; he is the proud grandfather of | 17 |
| 10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; he is also survived | 18 |
| by his siblings, Dorothy Moody, Clara Brown, Elmer Crocker, and | 19 |
| Burton Crocker; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 21 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 22 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
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| William Crocker; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 |
| presented to the family of William Crocker as an expression of | 4 |
| our sympathy.
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