Full Text of SR0467 95th General Assembly
SR0467 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Gerald "Jerry" Bailey of Herrin, who | 4 |
| passed away on November 26, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey was born on the Fourth of July in | 6 |
| Kansas City, Kansas, in 1918 to the Reverend Fred M. and Ethel | 7 |
| G. Bailey; Gerald married Dorothy Royse of Clayton, Missouri, | 8 |
| on March 5, 1943, and they shared 63 years of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey was a 1941 graduate of Washington | 10 |
| University School of Business; after graduation he attended | 11 |
| United States Army Officers Candidate School, where he obtained | 12 |
| the rank of captain before his discharge in 1945;
Gerald and | 13 |
| his family moved to Herrin in 1956, where he became the owner | 14 |
| and operator of the Standard Oil Station until his retirement; | 15 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, He was dedicated to First United Methodist Church | 17 |
| in Herrin, where he served as trustee; he was also very active | 18 |
| in the Herrin United Way, where he was past president and drive | 19 |
| chairman; he also was a member of the Herrin Rotary Club and | 20 |
| the Herrin Chamber of Commerce, and in 2004 was named Herrin's | 21 |
| "Citizen of the Year";
his 75 years of commitment to Scouting | 22 |
| was unsurpassed and he received every award available from the |
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| Boy Scouts of America, including Eagle Scout and Order of the | 2 |
| Silver Beaver; the Little Grassy Pine Ridge Scout Camp Lodge | 3 |
| was dedicated and named "Bailey Lodge" in honor of Gerald and | 4 |
| Dorothy Bailey in August of 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey ws preceded in death by his parents; | 6 |
| his wife, Dorothy Royse Bailey; his brother; his sisters; his | 7 |
| brother-in-law; and his son-in-law; and
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| WHEREAS, Gerald Bailey is survived by three daughters and | 9 |
| one son-in-law, Susan and Richard Hampton, Kay Crump, and | 10 |
| Beverly; his three grandchildren, including grandson, Shane | 11 |
| Hampton and his wife, Erin, granddaughter, Rachel Hampton | 12 |
| Gebhardt, and grandson, Brian Crump; his four | 13 |
| great-grandchildren, Gabrielle and Zachary Gebhardt and Connor | 14 |
| and Carson Hampton; his sister-in-law, Francis Blackwell; and | 15 |
| several nieces and nephews; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 17 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 18 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Gerald Bailey; and be it | 19 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 21 |
| presented to the family of Gerald Bailey as a symbol of our | 22 |
| sincere sympathy.
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