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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 Reverend John Franklin Simpson Jr., of 
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Moro, who passed away on January 18, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, John Franklin Simpson Jr. was born on September 2, 
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1924, in Alton, the son of John F. and Helen (Everett) Simpson 
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Sr.;
he married the former Viola Baker on September 30, 1945, 
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in Cottage Hills; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served his country from 1942 to 1945 in the 
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United States Army; he worked in the shipping department at the 
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Olin Corporation for more than 43 years, retiring in June of 
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1983; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was an ordained minister and the pastor of the 
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Community Church in West Alton, Missouri for nine years; he 
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would fill in for local ministers through the Association of 
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Alton Baptist Ministers; and he loved to study and read about 
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the Lord; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; three 
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brothers, Melvin, Buddy, and Floyd Simpson; and one sister, 
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Pearl Graham; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, Reverend Simpson is survived by his wife, Viola; 
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his children and their spouses, Mike Simpson, Dannie Simpson, 
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James and Cindy Simpson, Rhonda and Ed Tobias, and Karen and 
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the Reverend Terry McKinzie; his nine grandchildren, Shawna, 
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John, Todd, Tom, Katie, and Jamie Simpson and Megan, Ashley, 
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and Zachary McKinzie; his great-grandchild, Ross; his sister 
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and brother-in-law, Thelma and Jerry King; his brother, Marvin 
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Simpson; and his many nieces and nephews; therefore, be 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 Reverend John Franklin 
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Simpson Jr.; 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 Reverend John Franklin Simpson Jr. 
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as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.