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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death of L.G. |
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| Wallace of Brookport on Friday, March 17, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He served two tours in the United States Army, |
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| serving in Occupied Japan; he was a 33rd-Degree Master Mason, a |
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| lifetime member of the Farmers Lodge 232 of Brookport, and a |
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| member of the Brookport American Legion and VFW; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Wallace was a member of Calvary Fellowship |
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| Baptist Church in Metropolis; he was a retired machinist with |
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| the Tennessee Valley Authority Shawnee Steam Plant in Paducah |
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| and was also employed with the Secretary of State of Illinois |
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| as a senior citizen coordinator; and
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| WHEREAS, He was very active in the Massac County Democratic |
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| Party, serving as a precinct committeeman for many years; he |
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| was known as "Mr. Democrat" of Massac County; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of L.G. Wallace has been deeply felt |
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| by many, especially his wife, Elizabeth Wallace; his sons, |
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| Brian Wallace and wife Dana and Brent Wallace and wife Connie; |
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| his daughters, Mary Hockman and husband Rick, Barbara Olroyd |
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| and husband Steve, and Crystal Davenport and husband Shane; his |
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| twelve grandchildren; his great-grandchild; his sister, Verlee |
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| Suttles; and his many nieces and nephews; he was preceded in |
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| death by his parents, Clarence and Pearl Swinford Wallace, and |
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| his brother, Thurman "Pat" Wallace; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
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| we mourn the passing of L.G. Wallace, and we extend our deepest |
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| sympathy to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved |
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| him; and be it further
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