Full Text of HR0854 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 Mary | 4 | | Jewel Smith of Cairo, who passed away on February 19, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was born in Miller City on September | 6 | | 22, 1923 to Leslie and Gertrude Bowers; upon the passing of her | 7 | | father, she relocated to Mississippi County, Missouri in 1932 | 8 | | with her mother and step-father, Charles Mockett; she graduated | 9 | | from Diehlstadt High School in Diehlstadt, Missouri; she | 10 | | married Connell F. Smith on December 8, 1945; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith worked at the Brown Shoe Company in | 12 | | Charleston, Missouri and then at a munitions plant in Cairo | 13 | | during World War II; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was a proud member of Laborers' Local | 15 | | 773 and a self-described "hard-headed" Democrat and strongly | 16 | | believed that working people enjoyed good wages and working | 17 | | conditions because of unions; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith returned to work later in life and | 19 | | worked until she was 87 for the Southern Illinois Laborers' | 20 | | Health & Welfare Fund; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was an avid St. Louis Cardinals fan and | 2 | | never missed a game on radio or tv; she was a member of the | 3 | | Immanuel Lutheran Church in Cairo, the Wyatt United Methodist | 4 | | Church, and the Charleston Methodist Church; and | 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith was preceded in death by her husband, | 6 | | Connell; her brother, Lowell Bowers; and her sisters, Dorothy | 7 | | Rodriguiz, Opal Noisworthy; and Jo McDaniel; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Smith is survived by her sons, Connell F. | 9 | | Smith, Jr. and Edward M. (Betty) Smith; her granddaughter, | 10 | | Jordan (Tyler) Edmonds; her grandson, Matt Smith; her | 11 | | great-grandsons, Trevor Smith and Graydon Edmonds; and many | 12 | | nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 15 | | we mourn the passing of Mary Jewel Smith, and extend our | 16 | | sincere condolences to her family, friends, and all who knew | 17 | | and loved her; and be it further
| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 | | presented to the family of Mary Smith as an expression of our | 20 | | deepest sympathy.
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