Full Text of HR0535 98th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Macauley | 4 | | G. "Mackie" Nicholes, who passed away on July 22, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was born on March 31, 1943 in | 6 | | Lowell, Massachusetts; his parents were Robert Gilliland | 7 | | Nicholes and Clair Macauley Nicholes; he married Roxanna Buse | 8 | | in 1968 in Mason City; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes graduated from Easley High | 10 | | School in Easley, South Carolina; he subsequently attended | 11 | | Chowan College in Murfreesboro, North Carolina, where he played | 12 | | football and earned his Associate of Arts degree, and Bethel | 13 | | College in McKenzie, Tennessee, where he earned his Bachelor of | 14 | | Science degree; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, After college, Macauley Nicholes began his | 16 | | teaching career in Atlanta, Georgia before moving to positions | 17 | | in Chicago and Lake Ridge, Indiana; he and his wife taught in | 18 | | northern Indiana for 3 1/2 years before moving to Harrisburg in | 19 | | 1972 to open a Monical's Pizza Restaurant, which was later | 20 | | renamed "Mackie's Pizza"; and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Shortly after moving to Harrisburg, Macauley |
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| 1 | | Nicholes went to the local radio station and offered to | 2 | | broadcast the high school games; with the help of his good | 3 | | friend and mentor, Bill Franks, he purchased WEBQ (Rock 100), | 4 | | which enabled him to broadcast many games and sports shows, | 5 | | including SIU basketball and Illinois Football with Dick | 6 | | Butkus; during this time, he also served as director of the | 7 | | Illinois Broadcasting Association; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, In the early 1980's, Macauley Nicholes traded WEBQ | 9 | | for WSIL-TV, which he owned with 3 partners; after the TV | 10 | | business was sold, he opened Thunderbird Travel, which was | 11 | | later renamed Saluki Travel; during this time, he traveled | 12 | | extensively, visiting over 100 countries all over the world; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was a member of the Harrisburg | 15 | | Lodge No. 325 Ancient, Free and Accepted Masons and the | 16 | | Harrisburg Rotary Club for over 40 years; in 2012, he received | 17 | | the Paul Harris Fellow Award; he was also a member of First | 18 | | Presbyterian Church of Harrisburg and served as a director on | 19 | | the Southern Illinois College Foundation Board for several | 20 | | years; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes enjoyed sports, playing | 22 | | basketball, football, baseball, and golf, and announcing games | 23 | | on the radio; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes was preceded in death by his | 2 | | twin brother, Gilliland Macauley Nicholes, and his parents, | 3 | | Robert and Claire; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Macauley Nicholes is survived by his wife, | 5 | | Roxanna; his sons, Robbie Nicholes and Martin (Whitney) | 6 | | Nicholes; his daughter, Nancy (Rick) Owen; his beloved | 7 | | grandchildren, Hampton Macauley Owen, Frankie Leigh Nicholes, | 8 | | and Quincy Roxanna Nicholes; and his loyal dogs, Biscuit and | 9 | | Muffin; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 11 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 12 | | we, along with his family and friends, mourn the passing of | 13 | | Macauley G. "Mackie" Nicholes; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Macauley Nicholes as an expression | 16 | | of our sympathy.
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