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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
William 
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Crocker of Sesser, who passed away on April 18, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Crocker was born on October 25, 1923 in 
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Scheller; his parents were Raymond and Mary (McBride) Crocker; 
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he married Dorothy (Payne) Christy on March 4, 1950 in Piggott, 
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Arkansas; they were divorced in 1956; he married Ruth Ann 
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(Summers) Eubanks on May 20, 1961 at First Baptist Church in 
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Sesser; and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Crocker attended Sesser High School 
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before enlisting in the United States Marine Corps during World 
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War II, where he served as an aircraft mechanic in the South 
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Pacific and was honorably discharged at the rank of sergeant; 
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upon his return to the U.S., he attended Southern Illinois 
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University Carbondale, taught school, and worked as a 
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boilermaker in several states, as well as in Venezuela; and

 
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    WHEREAS, In the late 1950s and 1960s, William Crocker was 
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the owner of the Crocker Implement Co. in Sesser, where he 
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operated an Oliver and Massey Ferguson farm equipment 
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dealership; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, William Crocker was involved in numerous civic 
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organizations and government agencies, but he was most proud of 
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his service as Goode Township supervisor for the past 28 years; 
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he was re-elected to another four-year term in April of 2008; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, William Crocker was honored by the Masonic Order 
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for his 50 years of service on March 31, 2009; and
 
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    WHEREAS, William Crocker enjoyed being with his family, 
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gardening, and discussing government with his friends at the 
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local coffee shop, where he was known as "Mr. Democrat"; and
 
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    WHEREAS, William Crocker is survived by his wife, Ruth Ann 
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(Summers) Crocker; his sons, Carl Crocker, married to Kathy 
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(Loucks), William "Bid" Crocker Jr., married to Lisa (Cockrum), 
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and Jeffery Crocker; his daughter, Susan (Crocker), married to 
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Mike Summers; his step-sons, Mike Eubanks, married to JoAnna 
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(Bisselle), and Ritchie Eubanks; he is the proud grandfather of 
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10 grandchildren and 7 great-grandchildren; he is also survived 
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by his siblings, Dorothy Moody, Clara Brown, Elmer Crocker, and 
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Burton Crocker; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of 
 


 






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William Crocker; 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 William Crocker as an expression of 
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our sympathy.