Full Text of SR0838 100th 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 Leamon Kemp "Lee/PawPaw" Jessup of | 4 | | Mahomet, who passed away on August 20, 2017; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup was born in Urbana to Annie L. and | 6 | | Bobby Gene Jessup on September 9, 1950; he graduated from | 7 | | Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science in | 8 | | Education and a Master of Science in Educational | 9 | | Administration; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup began his teaching career in the | 11 | | Normal Community School District, where he was also a football | 12 | | coach, a wrestling coach and an Illinois High School | 13 | | Association wrestling official; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup and his family moved to Mahomet in | 15 | | 1978 when he took the principal's position at the Seymour Grade | 16 | | School; when Mahomet and Seymour consolidated, he was moved to | 17 | | Lincoln Trail Elementary School, where he retired in 2005 as | 18 | | principal; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup believed in community service and | 20 | | sought out ways to serve others; he was elected to the Mahomet | 21 | | Village Board; he held leadership positions in nearly every |
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| 1 | | organization with which he was involved; he founded Lee J's | 2 | | Firehouse Golf and Arcades and Tropical Sno to provide a safe | 3 | | place for his kids to work and community children to play; he | 4 | | donated the Tropical Sno franchise to the Mahomet Area Youth | 5 | | Club; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup dedicated over 40 years of service | 7 | | as a volunteer firefighter with the Bloomington Township and | 8 | | Cornbelt Fire Protection District, retiring in April 2017 as a | 9 | | trustee; he was an instrumental and dedicated member of the | 10 | | Mahomet Area Youth Club's Executive Board and a member of the | 11 | | Mahomet United Methodist Church; he was a Freemason and a | 12 | | member of Mahomet Lodge 220; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup worked hard and played harder, and | 14 | | rarely missed an opportunity to enjoy a practical joke; his | 15 | | smile and laughter were infectious; he was an avid outdoorsman | 16 | | and enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his | 17 | | children and grandchildren; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup was preceded in death by his father, | 19 | | Bobby Gene Jessup, and his brother, Robert G. Jessup; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup is survived by his mother, Annie | 21 | | Jessup; his wife, Beverly Jessup; his sons, Jeremy (Nichole), | 22 | | Joshua, and Joel (Katie); his daughter, Annie Jane Anglin |
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| 1 | | (Tyler); his stepchildren, Jacquie Guevara (Matthew), Megan | 2 | | Berry (Lance), and Jake Foley; and nine grandchildren; | 3 | | therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Leamon Kemp "Lee/PawPaw" Jessup, and extend our sincere | 7 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 8 | | him; and be it further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Leamon Jessup as an expression of | 11 | | our deepest sympathy.
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