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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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learn of the death of Samuel Richard Herndon of Roxana, who 
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passed away on June 23, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was born October 5, 1924, in Bonne 
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Terre, Missouri, to Rodney and Erma (Kneedler) Herndon; he 
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married the former Mary Chesser on November 28, 1947, in 
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Sedalia, Missouri; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was a  World War II veteran, serving 
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with the United States Army Air Corps; he was a director of 
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guidance for several years at Roxana High School; he had also 
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been a Roxana village trustee and with the board of directors 
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for Community Education Federal Credit Union; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was a lifetime member of the 
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National Education Association and the Illinois Education 
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Association; he was active on various committees at St. Paul 
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United Methodist Church in Rosewood Heights, where he was a 
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charter member of the United Methodist Men; and he was an 
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inductee into the Illinois Basketball Coaches Hall of Fame; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Samuel Herndon was preceded in death by his 
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parents and one brother, Carl Herndon; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, The passing of Samuel Herndon will be deeply felt 
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by those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, Mary; his 
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sons, James Herndon and his wife, Jane, David Herndon and his 
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fiancee, Deborah Graham, and John Herndon and his wife, Diane; 
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his grandchildren, Matthew and Jennifer Herndon, Alicia Martin 
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and her husband, Joseph, Neil, Erin, and Ian Herndon; his 
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great-grandchildren, Kiley and Katie Herndon, Noah, Ethan and 
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Emma Martin; and his sister, Virginia Weatherly; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Samuel Richard Herndon; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Samuel Richard Herndon as a symbol 
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of our sympathy.