Full Text of SR0910 96th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Emmett Wright Davis of Waukegan, who | 4 | | passed away on July 26, 2010; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Wright Davis was born in Cabool, Missouri | 6 | | in 1922, the youngest of six children; he served as a Corporal | 7 | | in the United States Army Air Corp in New Guinea from 1943 to | 8 | | 1944; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, In 1947, he graduated from Southwest Missouri | 10 | | State, served as the Student Council President, and received | 11 | | the State Collegiate Speech Champion award; he received a | 12 | | Master's Degree from Northwestern University and served in | 13 | | Waukegan as a school principal at the Washington Elementary | 14 | | School and the John Clark Elementary School; he was an active | 15 | | member of the Waukegan City Club, an avid golfer, and a bridge | 16 | | player; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Following retirement he served on the Waukegan | 18 | | School Board, the Salvation Army Board, and worked as a | 19 | | property manager, appraiser, and numismatist; Mr. Davis was a | 20 | | former member of the Trinity Lutheran Church Choir; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Emmett Davis is survived by his wife of 62 years, |
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| 1 | | Millicent (nee Sadleir); his children, Bridget (Chris) Busck | 2 | | and Dr. Brian (Lori) Davis; and his grandchildren, Briana, | 3 | | Erik, Shannon, Gwynn, and Kirsten; therefore, be it
| 4 | | 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 Emmett Davis; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Emmett Davis as a symbol of our | 10 | | sincere sympathy.
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