Full Text of SR0649 096th General Assembly
SR0649 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Charles William Eugene Simmons of East | 4 |
| Alton, who passed away on February 12, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born November 17, 1923, in Carryville, | 6 |
| Arkansas, the son of William and Nellie (Smith) Simmons;
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| Charles had three older brothers, three older sisters, three | 8 |
| younger brothers, one younger sister and a twin sister; and
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| WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army during World | 10 |
| War II; after the war he worked at Laclede Steel in Alton and | 11 |
| was also a self-employed homebuilder; he married the former | 12 |
| Vonda McGee on February 6, 1946, in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his four brothers, | 14 |
| Richard, Lucas, Louie, and Luther; and his three sisters, Lena | 15 |
| Atchison, Mahala James, and Orangie Todd; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles Simmons is survived by his wife, Vonda; | 17 |
| his four daughters and two sons; Lavon Rea, William Simmons and | 18 |
| his wife, Carolyn, Sandra Neal, Sherry Simmons, M.D., Valerie | 19 |
| Payne and her husband, the Reverend Gary Payne, and John | 20 |
| Simmons and his wife, Jayne; his 18 grandchildren and 15 | 21 |
| great-grandchildren; his two brothers, Bill Simmons and his |
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| wife, Lettie, and David Simmons and his wife, Shirley; and his | 2 |
| two sisters, his twin, Charlene Sitzes, and Ruth Dowd and her | 3 |
| husband, James "Jim" Dowd; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 6 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Charles Simmons; and be | 7 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Charles Simmons as a symbol of our | 10 |
| sincere sympathy.
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