Wayne FitzgerrellWayne Wright Fitzgerrell was an American farmer and politician.BiographyFitzgerrell was born in Sesser, Illinois and graduated from Sesser High School. He worked as a coal miner and was the foreman at the Old Ben Coal Mines in Buckner, Illinois. Fitzgerrell was a farmer and raised live stock and grain in Franklin County, Illinois. Fitzgerrell served in the Illinois [House of Representatives] from 1957 until his death in 1965. He was a Republican. Fitzgerell was killed in an automobile accident on U.S. [Route 66 in Illinois] just north of Farmersville, Illinois in Montgomery County, Illinois.LegacyThe Wayne Fitzgerrell State Recreation Area, near Benton, Illinois, was named for Fitzgerrell.