Bill Text: IL SR0838 | 2017-2018 | 100th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Leamon Kemp Jessup of Mahomet.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2017-10-25 - Resolution Adopted [SR0838 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2017-SR0838-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Leamon Kemp "Lee/PawPaw" Jessup of | ||||||
4 | Mahomet, who passed away on August 20, 2017; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup was born in Urbana to Annie L. and | ||||||
6 | Bobby Gene Jessup on September 9, 1950; he graduated from | ||||||
7 | Illinois State University with a Bachelor of Science in | ||||||
8 | Education and a Master of Science in Educational | ||||||
9 | Administration; and
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10 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup began his teaching career in the | ||||||
11 | Normal Community School District, where he was also a football | ||||||
12 | coach, a wrestling coach and an Illinois High School | ||||||
13 | Association wrestling official; and
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14 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup and his family moved to Mahomet in | ||||||
15 | 1978 when he took the principal's position at the Seymour Grade | ||||||
16 | School; when Mahomet and Seymour consolidated, he was moved to | ||||||
17 | Lincoln Trail Elementary School, where he retired in 2005 as | ||||||
18 | principal; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup believed in community service and | ||||||
20 | sought out ways to serve others; he was elected to the Mahomet | ||||||
21 | Village Board; he held leadership positions in nearly every |
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1 | organization with which he was involved; he founded Lee J's | ||||||
2 | Firehouse Golf and Arcades and Tropical Sno to provide a safe | ||||||
3 | place for his kids to work and community children to play; he | ||||||
4 | donated the Tropical Sno franchise to the Mahomet Area Youth | ||||||
5 | Club; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup dedicated over 40 years of service | ||||||
7 | as a volunteer firefighter with the Bloomington Township and | ||||||
8 | Cornbelt Fire Protection District, retiring in April 2017 as a | ||||||
9 | trustee; he was an instrumental and dedicated member of the | ||||||
10 | Mahomet Area Youth Club's Executive Board and a member of the | ||||||
11 | Mahomet United Methodist Church; he was a Freemason and a | ||||||
12 | member of Mahomet Lodge 220; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup worked hard and played harder, and | ||||||
14 | rarely missed an opportunity to enjoy a practical joke; his | ||||||
15 | smile and laughter were infectious; he was an avid outdoorsman | ||||||
16 | and enjoyed hunting and fishing and spending time with his | ||||||
17 | children and grandchildren; and
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18 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup was preceded in death by his father, | ||||||
19 | Bobby Gene Jessup, and his brother, Robert G. Jessup; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Leamon Jessup is survived by his mother, Annie | ||||||
21 | Jessup; his wife, Beverly Jessup; his sons, Jeremy (Nichole), | ||||||
22 | Joshua, and Joel (Katie); his daughter, Annie Jane Anglin |
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1 | (Tyler); his stepchildren, Jacquie Guevara (Matthew), Megan | ||||||
2 | Berry (Lance), and Jake Foley; and nine grandchildren; | ||||||
3 | therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
6 | Leamon Kemp "Lee/PawPaw" Jessup, and extend our sincere | ||||||
7 | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | ||||||
8 | him; and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Leamon Jessup as an expression of | ||||||
11 | our deepest sympathy.
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