Bill Text: IL HJR0074 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Designates the portion of United States Route 50 between the Cities of Carlyle and Breese as the SSG Joshua Melton Memorial Highway.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-07-01 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0074 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-HJR0074-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General | ||||||
3 | Assembly pays honor and respect to individuals who gave their | ||||||
4 | lives in the line of duty; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Staff Sergeant Joshua Melton was born on October | ||||||
6 | 8, 1982 in Breese; his parents were Michael Melton and Debbie | ||||||
7 | Brown; he married Larissa Melton on July 22, 2006 at St. | ||||||
8 | Boniface Church in Germantown; and
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9 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton served his country with pride | ||||||
10 | and distinction as a member of the Illinois Army National | ||||||
11 | Guard, joining a year before his graduation from Central | ||||||
12 | Community High School in Breese; he was on his second | ||||||
13 | deployment after serving in Iraq from December of 2004 to March | ||||||
14 | of 2006; and
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15 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton enjoyed spending time with his | ||||||
16 | family and friends, especially his daughter, Aubrey; he enjoyed | ||||||
17 | remote controlled cars and making everyone laugh; he was also | ||||||
18 | an avid hunter and fisherman; and
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19 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton was a member of Carlyle Veterans | ||||||
20 | of Foreign Wars Post 3523; and
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1 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton was preceded in death by his | ||||||
2 | grandparents, Clarice and Bill Reddick; his grandfather, Jenks | ||||||
3 | Edward Warren; his grandmother, Nadine Melton; his uncles, | ||||||
4 | Dennis Melton and Tim Hitpas; and his aunt, Doris Legate; and
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5 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton is survived by his wife, Larissa | ||||||
6 | Melton, who is now married to Jon Kampwerth and has a daughter, | ||||||
7 | Aniston; his daughter, Aubrey Melton; his mother, Debbie | ||||||
8 | (Warren) Brown; his brother, Dustin (Lauren) Melton and their | ||||||
9 | children, Hunter and Aliya; his father-in-law, Steve Verdeyen; | ||||||
10 | his mother-in-law, Carolyn (Rick) Pennington; his | ||||||
11 | sister-in-law, Andrea (Jacob) Richter; his grandfather, Elmer | ||||||
12 | Melton, and his many aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; and
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13 | WHEREAS, SSG Joshua Melton served as a model of patriotism, | ||||||
14 | courage, and integrity for the people of the State of Illinois; | ||||||
15 | therefore, be it
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16 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | ||||||
17 | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
18 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate the portion of | ||||||
19 | United States Route 50 between the Cities of Carlyle and Breese | ||||||
20 | as the SSG Joshua Melton Memorial Highway; and be it further
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21 | RESOLVED, That the Department of Transportation is | ||||||
22 | requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with State |
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1 | and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs giving | ||||||
2 | notice of the name; and be it further
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3 | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | ||||||
4 | presented to the family of SSG Joshua Melton and the Secretary | ||||||
5 | of the Department of Transportation.
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