Full Text of SR0409 97th 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 R. Bracy of Herrin, who passed away | 4 | | on October 20, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born November 4, 1930, in Herrin, to Floyd | 6 | | P. and Ruth Woodley Bracy; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He was the owner of Bracy Insurance and Real | 8 | | Estate in Herrin for more than 50 years; he served in the | 9 | | United States Air Force; he was a member of the First United | 10 | | Methodist Church board of trustees; he belonged to the United | 11 | | Methodist Men at the church and was chairman of the Trust | 12 | | Committee at the church; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was a member of Herrin Masonic Lodge 693 and | 14 | | the Shriners', he served as past president of the Herrin | 15 | | Jaycees and the Herrin Chamber of Commerce; he served on the | 16 | | United Way board of directors, and he was a Boy Scout, a Scout | 17 | | master, and a recipient of the Silver Beaver award; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his | 19 | | brother, Bill Bracy; and his nephew, James Melvin Bracy; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Bracy is survived by his wife, Joan |
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| 1 | | (Triplett) Bracy; his children, Richard and wife, Kristen | 2 | | Bracy, and Debbie Bracy; his grandchildren, Ryan Bracy, Tiffany | 3 | | Bracy, Brandon Nipper, and Evan Collier; and one | 4 | | great-grandchild, Evaley Collier; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 7 | | his family and friends, the passing of James Bracy; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of James Bracy as a symbol of our | 11 | | sincere sympathy.
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