Full Text of SR1993 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 Dickey Ray Mizell of Granite City, who | 4 | | passed away on June 11, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell was born in Metropolis to Donald O. | 6 | | "Pete" Mizell and Florence C. (Whalen) Dotson on September 20, | 7 | | 1943; he served his country from 1960 to 1962 in the United | 8 | | States Air Force and was united in marriage to Sandra Sue | 9 | | Jeffords on March 22, 1966; he and his family settled in | 10 | | Granite City in 1969; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell worked many years for Mercer-Thomas | 12 | | Mortuaries in Granite City; he served as a Madison County | 13 | | Deputy Coroner; he then went on to work as a Legal Investigator | 14 | | for the Talbert and Mallon Law Firm in Alton and the Williams | 15 | | and Caponi Law Firm in Belleville; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell was a past Governor of the Granite | 17 | | City Moose Lodge 272; he was a former member of the National | 18 | | Association of Legal Investigators, the Granite City Jaycees, | 19 | | and AMVETS; he served as a Granite City Precinct Committeeman; | 20 | | and | 21 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell enjoyed fishing, hunting, golfing, |
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| 1 | | playing cards, and playing poker; he was known for his barbecue | 2 | | and was a fan of the St. Louis Cardinals and Days of Our Lives; | 3 | | and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell was preceded in death by his | 5 | | parents; his brother, Robert J. Mizell; his sister, Mary Helen | 6 | | Medley; his father-in-law and mother-in-law, Charles Leslie | 7 | | Jeffords and Rhudell Jeffords; his brothers-in-law, Berle Parr | 8 | | and Wesley Smithart; his niece, Brenda K. Worthen; and his | 9 | | nephews, Ricky and James Parmer; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Dickey Mizell is survived by his wife of 50 years, | 11 | | Sandra; his sons, Tim Mizell and friend, Julie, Don Mizell and | 12 | | wife, Lesa, and Jason Mizell and wife, Jessica; Gary Sellers, | 13 | | who was like a son to him, and wife, Julie; his grandchildren, | 14 | | Noah, Isaiah, Amanda, Jaime, Kayla, Drew, Dillan, Brenna, and | 15 | | Leah; his sisters, Marcia K. Smithart and Stephanie Parr; his | 16 | | daughter-in-law, Debye Mizell; his sisters-in-law and | 17 | | brother-in-law, Patricia A. and Ellis Reynolds, and Mary E. | 18 | | Mizell and Howard Medley; and several nieces, nephews, | 19 | | great-nieces, great-nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 23 | | Dickey Ray Mizell, and extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| 1 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 2 | | further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Dickey Mizell as an expression of | 5 | | our deepest sympathy.
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