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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 in the line |
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| of duty of Deputy Sheriff Elizabeth Mazella Edwards of |
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| Rosiclare on February 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Deputy Edwards, the youngest daughter of Wayne and |
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| Nancie "Susie" Edwards, was born on June 2, 1979; she attended |
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| Hardin County schools, where she had many, many friends; she |
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| was active in softball, band, and cross-country; and
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| WHEREAS, In May of 1997, she was baptized at the Hardin |
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| County Church of Christ; she graduated from Hardin County High |
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| School and spent a year at Freed-Hardeman University in |
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| Henderson, Tennessee, and attended Southeastern Illinois |
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| College; and
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| WHEREAS, After the events of September 11, 2001, she joined |
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| the United States Army Reserves and proudly served her country; |
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| she went on to serve in another capacity, becoming a Deputy for |
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| the Hardin County Sheriffs Department in the fall of 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth touched a lot of people and families; |
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| she made friends wherever she went; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Deputy Elizabeth M. Edwards has |
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| been deeply felt by many, especially her fiance, Nathan Moore; |
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| her son, Lucas; her parents, Daddy, Wayne Edwards and his wife |
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| Michele, and Momma, Nancie "Susie" Edwards; her sisters, |
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| Shealean (Wayne) Cullum and Waynette Edwards; her nieces and |
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| nephews, Kelby, Kelsy, and Caleb Cullum, and Bethany and Aaron |
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| Bryant; her many, many friends; CA Bryant and Rick Bethel; the |
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| United States Army; her Sheriffs Department family; the |
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| Moore/Joiner/Putts family; and her beloved dogs, Lucy, Buster, |
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| and Bailey; she was preceded in death by her brother, Stewart |