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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3learn of the death of John Hixon of Danville, formerly of
4Chrisman, who passed away on April 2, 2009; and
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born March 17, 1941, in Urbana to Carl and
6Pauline Clark Hixon; he married Carolyn Currier on October 28,
71961, in Louisville, Kentucky; and
 
8    WHEREAS, He had worked at Hyster for 33 years, serving as
9secretary-treasurer of the ILBTU local; he was a member of the
10Further Light Lodge, Gao Grotto, where he served as Past
11Monarch; and he was a member of the Midwest Grotto Association,
12where he served as past president; and
 
13    WHEREAS, He also was an Indy and NASCAR racing fan, proud
14member of the 1959 class of Scottland High School, Honorary
15Kentucky Colonel, and an ardent and lifelong Democrat; and
 
16    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his
17maternal and paternal grandparents; his sister, Judith; his
18aunt, Berdina Martin; and his uncles, Merl Clark and Ralph
19Hixon; and
 
20    WHEREAS, John Hixon is survived by his wife, Carolyn; his

 

 

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1sons, John Hixon and Carl Scott (Laura) Hixon, and his brother,
2Merl (Betty) Hixon; therefore, be it
 
3    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL
4ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
5his family and friends, the passing of John Hixon; and be it
6further
 
7    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
8presented to the family of John Hixon as a symbol of our
9sincere sympathy.