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1 HOUSE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of this Body were saddened to learn
3 of the death of Joe Sutton of Urbana, longtime journalism
4 professor at the University of Illinois and editor of the UI
5 Alumni News, on Sunday, January 10, 1999; and
6 WHEREAS, He was born on February 12, 1914 at Memphis,
7 Tennessee, the son of Joe Campbell and Annie May Sutton; he
8 attended Milligan College from 1932 to 1934; and he earned a
9 master's degree from the University of Illinois; and
10 WHEREAS, After graduating from the University of Missouri
11 in 1937, Mr. Sutton worked as a reporter and editor at the
12 Champaign-Urbana Courier, he became city editor in 1946; he
13 also was editor of The Leader, a weekly newspaper in
14 Covington, Tennessee, from 1938 to 1940; and
15 WHEREAS, He joined the faculty of the University of
16 Illinois College of Communications in 1948; Mr. Sutton served
17 as the college's placement director, chairman of admissions
18 committee, member of the Illini Publishing Company board, and
19 other college committees; and
20 WHEREAS, He served as a captain in the 2nd Armored
21 Division during World War II; he was an elder at the First
22 Presbyterian Church at Champaign; and
23 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his family
24 and countless friends, especially his wife, Nadine; his sons,
25 Jeffrey and Joel; his sister, Katherine L. Montague; his
26 brother, Charles A. Montague, Jr.; and four grandchildren;
27 therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
29 NINETY-FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
30 we note with sorrow and regret the death of Joe Sutton and
31 extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and
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1 be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to his widow, Nadine Sutton.