Bill Text: IL HJR0050 | 2023-2024 | 103rd General Assembly | Engrossed
Bill Title: Designates Illinois Route 40 as it runs through Casey as the "Army Specialist Charles Lamb Memorial Highway".
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 3-0)
Status: (Passed) 2024-05-25 - Adopted Both Houses [HJR0050 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2023-HJR0050-Engrossed.html
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| 1 | HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 50 | ||||||
| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois General Assembly are | ||||||
| 3 | honored to pay tribute to those who have given their lives to | ||||||
| 4 | protect and serve the citizens of this great nation; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Specialist Charles Lamb was born in Paris to Tom | ||||||
| 6 | J. and Shelly K. Robison Lamb on January 12, 1981; he married | ||||||
| 7 | Erin E. Parbs in Marshall on November 21, 2003; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Spc. Lamb graduated from Casey-Westfield High | ||||||
| 9 | School in 1999 and was a 2001 graduate of the Universal | ||||||
| 10 | Technical Institute of Glendale Heights; he was an auto | ||||||
| 11 | mechanic for Goodwin's Body Shop in Martinsville; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Spc. Lamb was a specialist E-4 with the | ||||||
| 13 | Paris-based 1544th Illinois Army National Guard Transportation | ||||||
| 14 | Unit; he was called to active duty in November of 2003 and was | ||||||
| 15 | killed on September 5, 2004 during a mortar attack on a | ||||||
| 16 | logistical base southwest of Baghdad; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Spc. Lamb enjoyed fishing, four-wheeler riding, | ||||||
| 18 | motorbike riding, working in the garage, and, most of all, | ||||||
| 19 | spending time with his family and friends; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, The passing of Spc. Lamb has been deeply felt by | ||||||
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| 1 | many, especially his wife, Erin; his parents, Tom and Shelly | ||||||
| 2 | Lamb; his sister, Jennifer Lamb; his mother-in-law, Irene | ||||||
| 3 | Parbs; his sister-in-law, Kristin Parbs; his brother-in-law, | ||||||
| 4 | Warren Parbs; his nieces, Ambrosia, Boston, and Macy Roberts; | ||||||
| 5 | his paternal grandparents, Robert and Carolyn Beard Lamb; his | ||||||
| 6 | maternal grandmother, Mary Robison; and his aunts, uncles, and | ||||||
| 7 | cousins; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Spc. Lamb will be remembered by many as a heroic | ||||||
| 9 | young man, deserving of honor; therefore, be it
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| 10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
| 11 | HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE | ||||||
| 12 | SENATE CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate US Route 40 as it | ||||||
| 13 | runs through Casey as the "Army Specialist Charles Lamb | ||||||
| 14 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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| 15 | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation | ||||||
| 16 | is requested to erect, at suitable locations consistent with | ||||||
| 17 | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs | ||||||
| 18 | giving notice of the name "Army Specialist Charles Lamb | ||||||
| 19 | Memorial Highway"; and be it further
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