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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are pleased to congratulate William C. "Bill"
4 Jarrett on the occasion of his retirement as Mayor of the
5 Village of Coulterville; and
 
6     WHEREAS, Bill Jarrett was born in Coulterville; he is the
7 son of the late Cordell and Margaret (Khoury) Jarrett; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Bill Jarrett proudly served his country as a
9 member of the United States Army; he worked as a coal miner and
10 retired from General Motors, where he worked as an electrician
11 for 31 years; and
 
12     WHEREAS, Bill Jarrett is a member of St. Anthony's Catholic
13 Church in Lively Grove, the American Legion Post BBK 480 in
14 Steeleville, and St. Anthony's Men's Club; he is a past
15 president of the Coulterville Board of Education and a former
16 member of the Coulterville Village Council; and
 
17     WHEREAS, Bill Jarrett has served proudly as Mayor of the
18 Village of Coulterville for the past 16 years; during his
19 tenure, he has been instrumental in moving the Village of
20 Coulterville forward, with such projects as the new City Hall
21 and Community Center, the new baseball fields with walking

 

 

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1 tracks, the Coulterville Care Center, the Coulterville Medical
2 Clinic, the waste treatment plant, the water plant, the
3 community recycling program, and new sidewalks, among many
4 others; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Bill Jarrett married Jeanetta Toensing in 1951;
6 the couple will celebrate their 58th wedding anniversary in
7 September of 2009; they are the proud parents of Cyndy (Doyce)
8 Tabing, Cheryl Hood, Bill (Stacey) Jarrett, and Bob (Missy)
9 Jarrett, the proud grandparents of Jenny, Charlie, Andy, Erin,
10 Natalie, Jarrett, Bill, Ben, Cassidy, Kelsey, and Kaitlyn, and
11 the proud great-grandparents of Jake, Reece, Chloe, Madalynne,
12 Lydia, Landon, Gideon, Mickeala, Dalton, Seth, and Elexia;
13 therefore, be it
 
14     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
15 NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we
16 congratulate William C. "Bill" Jarrett on the occasion of his
17 retirement and wish him many happy and healthy retirement
18 years; and be it further
 
19     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20 presented to Bill Jarrett as a symbol of our esteem and
21 respect.