Full Text of SR0655 094th General Assembly
SR0655 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Lyman L. Benns Sr. of | 4 |
| Benton on Monday, January 30, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on January 1, 1925 in Benton to George | 6 |
| Henry and Cora Mae (Williams) Benns; he was a member of the | 7 |
| Church of God in Logan; and
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| WHEREAS, He valiantly served his country as a member of the | 9 |
| United States Army Air Corps during World War II; he was a | 10 |
| member of the American Legion, the Veterans of Foreign Wars in | 11 |
| Benton, and a member of the Fraternal Order of Eagles in Benton | 12 |
| and Marion; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Benns was a coal miner for more than 20 years | 14 |
| and a member of the United Mine Workers of America; he also | 15 |
| owned and operated the Kewpee Café in Benton and the Illinois | 16 |
| 37 Motel in West Frankfort for several years; he loved to watch | 17 |
| his sons play football and enjoyed dancing and playing golf; | 18 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Lyman L. Benns Sr. has been deeply | 20 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Virginia (Bozovich) Benns, | 21 |
| whom he married December 24, 1995; his daughter, Mary Anne | 22 |
| Kline; his sons, Lyman Benns Jr. and wife, Jane, James Benns | 23 |
| and wife, Beth, Dennis Benns and wife, Debbie, Michael Benns | 24 |
| and wife, Lisa, and Stephen Benns; his stepdaughters, Tammy | 25 |
| Young, and Karen James and husband, Kenneth; his stepsons, | 26 |
| Warren Rice and wife, Karen, and Don Rice and wife, Ruth; his | 27 |
| sister, Georgia Sandusky and husband, Kenny; his grandsons, | 28 |
| Adam Benns, Eric Benns and wife, Lora, and Jeremy Benns; his | 29 |
| granddaughters, Julie Greisz and husband, Mike, Angela Wray and | 30 |
| husband, Pat, Deni Benns and fiancé, Paule Stallons, Jamie | 31 |
| Guzman, Lacey Owens and husband, Justin, Shauna Benns, and |
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| Nikita Benns; his stepgrandchildren, Ben Rice and wife, | 2 |
| Heather, Josia and Nicholas Rice, Kushaiah Mercado, Douglas | 3 |
| Overturf, and Adam Overturf and wife, Angie; his | 4 |
| great-grandchildren, Caleb Garascia, Logan Gayer, Monica | 5 |
| Guzman, Braden and Riley Benns and Zach Wray; his six | 6 |
| great-stepgrandchildren; and his many friends; he was preceded | 7 |
| in death by his parents and his first wife, Margaret (Smith) | 8 |
| Benns, who passed away December 15,1993; his sister, Minnie | 9 |
| Burlison; and brother, Luther Williams; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 11 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 |
| Lyman L. Benns Sr., and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 13 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 14 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 17 |
| condolences.
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