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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 K.E. "Blackie" Jackson of Roodhouse, who 
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passed away on October 20, 2008; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born January 27, 1925, in Roodhouse; he 
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graduated in 1943 from Roodhouse High School, where he was 
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all-conference in football, basketball, and track; and he 
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enlisted in the United States Navy in 1943; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In 1946 he joined the American Legion and was a 
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member for 62 years; he was a former member of the Rotary Club 
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of Roodhouse and served as Rotary president from July 1961 to 
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July 1962; he was a former member of the Roodhouse Lodge of the 
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Knights of Pythias; he played on men's amateur softball teams 
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for more than 30 years and participated in donkey basketball 
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and donkey field hockey events to raise money for various 
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community and charitable organizations; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He served on the Board of Education of the 
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Roodhouse Public Schools System and was president of that board 
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when Roodhouse, White Hall, Hillview, and Patterson schools 
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consolidated into the current North Greene School District in 
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1962; he owned and operated his own plumbing business for 55 
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years and was a licensed master plumber, licensed plumbing 
 


 






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contractor, and a licensed refrigeration engineer; in 1974, he 
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was appointed by Governor Daniel Walker to an advisory 
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committee that rewrote the Illinois State Plumbing Code; in 
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1952, he became a Democratic Party precinct committeeman and 
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member of the Greene County Democratic central committee; in 
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1955, he was elected central committee chairman and served in 
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that capacity until he retired from the central committee in 
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1974; and
 
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    WHEREAS,

He was a firefighter with the Roodhouse Volunteer 
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Fire Department for 55 years, serving the last 39 of those 
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years as fire chief; and he was a member of First Baptist 
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Church of Roodhouse; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Frank and 
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Avenel Jackson; his sister, Eileen Smock; and his son, Lloyd 
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Dean Jackson; and

 
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    WHEREAS, K.E. "Blackie" Jackson is survived by his wife, 
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Betty; his sister, Louise Proffer; his two daughters, Patricia 
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Lendennie and Donna Feltner; his son, Timothy Jackson; his 
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eight grandchildren, United States Army Specialist Michael 
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Wendell, Kyle Wendell, Benjamin Feltner, Matthew Feltner, 
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Brittany Jackson, Jessica Jackson, Chance Stilley, and Kenneth 
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Jackson; and his ten great-grandchildren; 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 K.E. "Blackie" Jackson; 
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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 K.E. "Blackie" Jackson as a symbol 
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of our sincere sympathy.