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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the
3 State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of L.G.
4 Wallace of Brookport on Friday, March 17, 2006; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He served two tours in the United States Army,
6 serving in Occupied Japan; he was a 33rd-Degree Master Mason, a
7 lifetime member of the Farmers Lodge 232 of Brookport, and a
8 member of the Brookport American Legion and VFW; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Mr. Wallace was a member of Calvary Fellowship
10 Baptist Church in Metropolis; he was a retired machinist with
11 the Tennessee Valley Authority Shawnee Steam Plant in Paducah
12 and was also employed with the Secretary of State of Illinois
13 as a senior citizen coordinator; and
 
14     WHEREAS, He was very active in the Massac County Democratic
15 Party, serving as a precinct committeeman for many years; he
16 was known as "Mr. Democrat" of Massac County; and
 
17     WHEREAS, The passing of L.G. Wallace has been deeply felt
18 by many, especially his wife, Elizabeth Wallace; his sons,
19 Brian Wallace and wife Dana and Brent Wallace and wife Connie;
20 his daughters, Mary Hockman and husband Rick, Barbara Olroyd
21 and husband Steve, and Crystal Davenport and husband Shane; his
22 twelve grandchildren; his great-grandchild; his sister, Verlee
23 Suttles; and his many nieces and nephews; he was preceded in
24 death by his parents, Clarence and Pearl Swinford Wallace, and
25 his brother, Thurman "Pat" Wallace; therefore, be it
 
26     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
27 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
28 we mourn the passing of L.G. Wallace, and we extend our deepest
29 sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved
30 him; and be it further
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
2 presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest
3 condolences.