Full Text of SR0274 98th 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 William May, who passed away on | 4 | | April 27, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James May was born on August 17, 1935, on the | 6 | | family farm in Montgomery County; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, James May attended one-room schools and graduated | 8 | | from Hilltop High School in 1952; he immediately matriculated | 9 | | to Brown's Business School in St. Louis, where he graduated | 10 | | from their programs in secretarial accounting and eventually | 11 | | court reporting programs; he also attended classes at St. Louis | 12 | | University and Southern Illinois University in Edwardsville; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, During his career, James May held appointments | 15 | | with Federal Judge Rubye Hulen of St. Louis as well as Federal | 16 | | District Judge William Beatty of Alton; he was also an official | 17 | | court reporter for the Third Judicial Circuit Madison County in | 18 | | Edwardsville; in 1969, he formed May Reporting Service, a | 19 | | freelance court reporting firm doing mostly depositions and | 20 | | arbitrations; he was still active shortly before his passing; | 21 | | he also served on the Madison County Housing Authority for 5 | 22 | | years and served as the Authority's chairman; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James May was presented with the prestigious | 2 | | Liberty Bell Award by the Madison County Board Association in | 3 | | 2000 in recognition of his achievements; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, James May is survived by his longtime friend and | 5 | | companion, Judy Furlow; his son, James M. May and his wife, | 6 | | Amy; his daughter, Janie M. Grunwald and her husband, Scott; | 7 | | his stepdaughters, Michelle Whittington and her husband | 8 | | Dennis, and Cheryl Langreder; and his many grandchildren and | 9 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 12 | | his family and friends, the passing of James William May; and | 13 | | be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of James May as an expression of our | 16 | | sympathy.
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