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90_SR0193
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Russell J. Floyd Sr., of South
4 Jacksonville, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Russell Floyd was born in Harvel, Illinois on
6 August 5, 1917; his parents were Isaac Eugene and Minnie
7 Leonard Floyd; on September 9, 1947 he married Darline V.
8 Hunt in Springfield, Illinois; and
9 WHEREAS, Mr. Floyd served in the United States Army
10 Infantry as an anti-aircraft machine gunner assigned to
11 General Patton's tank corps in World War II; while serving in
12 the Army, Mr. Floyd was awarded the Purple Heart; and
13 WHEREAS, In 1985 Mr. Floyd retired from J.C. Penney and
14 Co. in Jacksonville, where he worked fifteen years as a floor
15 supervisor; he had previously worked for Midland Farm and
16 Home, Sears, and Montgomery Ward; and
17 WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Russell J. Floyd Sr. is
18 survived by his son, Isaac Eugene and his wife, Patricia; his
19 daughter, Tamara Jo Braner and her husband, Danny; four
20 grandchildren; and his brother, Raymond; therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
22 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Russell
23 J. Floyd Sr., of South Jacksonville; we extend our sincere
24 sympathies to his family and friends; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to the family of Russell J. Floyd Sr.