Full Text of SR2170 99th 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 James G. Ball of Rock Island, who passed | 4 | | away on July 20, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Ball was born on April 29, 1932 in | 6 | | Belleview; his parents were Ray A. and Leota M. Gill Ball; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, James Ball served his country in the United States | 8 | | Army during the Korean War; he was discharged at the rank of | 9 | | sergeant; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Ball attended school in Belleview and at | 11 | | Pleasant Hill Community High School; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, James Ball worked as a truck driver for Kraft | 13 | | Foods; he later worked at A.N.R. Trucking and at other | 14 | | companies, including Eastern Express; after his retirement, he | 15 | | worked at the Milan Manor as a maintenance man; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, James Ball had a passion for cars, building them | 17 | | and racing the ones he built at the 34 Raceway Park in | 18 | | Burlington and the Davenport Fairgrounds; after his marriage to | 19 | | Leah Stahl, he enjoyed working as her sound man when she sang | 20 | | country and gospel music at various locations in the Midwest; |
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| 1 | | he also helped in his neighborhood with repairs and remodeling; | 2 | | and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, James Ball was preceded in death by his parents; | 4 | | his children, Timothy and Susan; and his grandson, John; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Ball is survived by his wife, Leah; his | 6 | | daughters, Lin (Rich) Templeton and Ann Kennison; his | 7 | | grandsons, Jeremy, Jacob, and Jordan Lindle and J.T. Crownover; | 8 | | his granddaughters, Alison and Haley Crownover; his | 9 | | great-granddaughters, Kylee, Penelope, and Eliza Lindle; his | 10 | | stepchildren, Cathy Mackay and John Stahl; and his sister, | 11 | | Louise Stromberg; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 14 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of James G. Ball; and be | 15 | | it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of James Ball as an expression of our | 18 | | sympathy.
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