Full Text of SR0824 94th General Assembly
SR0824 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 J.C. Mitchell of Marion on | 4 |
| Monday, September 4, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Marion on February 2, 1925, to | 6 |
| Everett Edward and Margaret Helen (Hartman) Mitchell; he was a | 7 |
| graduate of Marion High School in 1942; he went on to attend | 8 |
| Northwestern University in Chicago for one year; and
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| WHEREAS, After his first year at Northwestern, he valiantly | 10 |
| served our country as a member of the U.S. Air Force during | 11 |
| WWII; he served in the European theater as a navigator of troop | 12 |
| carriers for the parachutists, flying planes trips into enemy | 13 |
| territory; he was honorably discharged with the rank of Second | 14 |
| Lieutenant; and
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| WHEREAS, He was united in marriage to Shirley Joanne Walker | 16 |
| on August 1, 1945, in St. Louis, Missouri; together, they | 17 |
| shared more than 61 years of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, After his military discharge, he resumed his | 19 |
| education at Southern Illinois University Carbondale for one | 20 |
| semester; he went on to graduate from the Law School of the | 21 |
| University of Illinois Champaign in 1949; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the years, he practiced law with Attorney | 23 |
| Gordon Franklin, Attorney Frank Roan, Attorney Tony Armstrong, | 24 |
| State Representative John Bradley, and his own son, Bruce | 25 |
| Walker Mitchell; and
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| WHEREAS, After 55 years of practicing law, he tried to | 27 |
| semi-retire to Arizona, but law was too much a part of him; he | 28 |
| returned to Marion in January of 2005 and resumed practicing | 29 |
| with his son, Bruce; and
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| WHEREAS, Attorney Mitchell was of the Methodist faith and | 2 |
| was a member of the Marion First United Methodist Church; he | 3 |
| was a member of the College of Trial Lawyers, and at the time | 4 |
| of his induction, he was the youngest lawyer ever inducted into | 5 |
| the organization; he also was a member of the Illinois Bar | 6 |
| Association, the Attorney Registration and Disciplinary | 7 |
| Commission, and the West Frankfort Country Club for 49 years; | 8 |
| he was a former member of the Marion Lions Club and the Marion | 9 |
| Elks Club B.P.O.E. No. 800, where he had served as Exalted | 10 |
| Ruler; he had also served as the attorney for the Board of the | 11 |
| Williamson County Airport Authority and the Marion Park | 12 |
| District; and
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| WHEREAS, He had a deep love for his family and enjoyed | 14 |
| playing golf at the Franklin County Country Club with the other | 15 |
| members of "The Bolognas"; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of J.C. Mitchell has been deeply felt | 17 |
| by many, especially his wife, Shirley Mitchell; his daughter | 18 |
| and son-in-law, Deborah Leigh and Keith Wall, and their | 19 |
| children, Haley, Nathan, and Ethan; his son, Michael Geoffery | 20 |
| Mitchell; his brother and sister-in-law, Hartman and Marilyn | 21 |
| Mitchell; his niece, Michelle Mitchell; and his other extended | 22 |
| family members and many lifelong friends; he was preceded in | 23 |
| death by his parents; his son, Bruce Walker Mitchell on March | 24 |
| 24, 2006; his grandsons, Shawn Michael Mitchell and Tyler Keith | 25 |
| Wall; and his brother, Charles Mitchell; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 27 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 28 |
| J.C. Mitchell, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 29 |
| family, his friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 30 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 2 |
| sympathy.
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