Full Text of SR0920 095th General Assembly
SR0920 95TH 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 K.E. "Blackie" Jackson of Roodhouse, who | 4 |
| passed away on October 20, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born January 27, 1925, in Roodhouse; he | 6 |
| graduated in 1943 from Roodhouse High School, where he was | 7 |
| all-conference in football, basketball, and track; and he | 8 |
| enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1946 he joined the American Legion and was a | 10 |
| member for 62 years; he was a former member of the Rotary Club | 11 |
| of Roodhouse and served as Rotary president from July 1961 to | 12 |
| July 1962; he was a former member of the Roodhouse Lodge of the | 13 |
| Knights of Pythias; he played on men's amateur softball teams | 14 |
| for more than 30 years and participated in donkey basketball | 15 |
| and donkey field hockey events to raise money for various | 16 |
| community and charitable organizations; and
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| WHEREAS, He served on the Board of Education of the | 18 |
| Roodhouse Public Schools System and was president of that board | 19 |
| when Roodhouse, White Hall, Hillview, and Patterson schools | 20 |
| consolidated into the current North Greene School District in | 21 |
| 1962; he owned and operated his own plumbing business for 55 | 22 |
| years and was a licensed master plumber, licensed plumbing |
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| contractor, and a licensed refrigeration engineer; in 1974, he | 2 |
| was appointed by Governor Daniel Walker to an advisory | 3 |
| committee that rewrote the Illinois State Plumbing Code; in | 4 |
| 1952, he became a Democratic Party precinct committeeman and | 5 |
| member of the Greene County Democratic central committee; in | 6 |
| 1955, he was elected central committee chairman and served in | 7 |
| that capacity until he retired from the central committee in | 8 |
| 1974; and | 9 |
| WHEREAS,
He was a firefighter with the Roodhouse Volunteer | 10 |
| Fire Department for 55 years, serving the last 39 of those | 11 |
| years as fire chief; and he was a member of First Baptist | 12 |
| Church of Roodhouse; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and | 14 |
| Avenel Jackson; his sister, Eileen Smock; and his son, Lloyd | 15 |
| Dean Jackson; and
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| WHEREAS, K.E. "Blackie" Jackson is survived by his wife, | 17 |
| Betty; his sister, Louise Proffer; his two daughters, Patricia | 18 |
| Lendennie and Donna Feltner; his son, Timothy Jackson; his | 19 |
| eight grandchildren, United States Army Specialist Michael | 20 |
| Wendell, Kyle Wendell, Benjamin Feltner, Matthew Feltner, | 21 |
| Brittany Jackson, Jessica Jackson, Chance Stilley, and Kenneth | 22 |
| Jackson; and his ten great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of K.E. "Blackie" Jackson; | 4 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of K.E. "Blackie" Jackson as a symbol | 7 |
| of our sincere sympathy.
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