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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives were deeply saddened to learn of the death of |
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| Riley Franklin Bridgers; and
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| WHEREAS, Riley Franklin Bridgers was born to the union of |
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| Ophelia Franklin
Bridgers and Hardy Bridgers on December 6, |
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| 1937, in Chicago; he was the second of four children; he |
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| graduated from the John Farren Elementary and Parker High
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| Schools, and enjoyed playing football at Parker; he accepted |
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| Christ at a young age; he spent many years as a boy scout at the |
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| old St. Mark Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, He received a Bachelor of Science Degree from the |
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| University of Illinois at Champaign in
Physical Education; he |
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| joined the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Beta Chapter; this |
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| lifelong commitment continued with the Chicago Heights Chapter |
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| and then with the Chicago Chapter; after graduation, he worked |
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| for the Illinois Department of Public Aid for a
couple of |
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| years; he was then employed by the Chicago Public School System
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| as a teacher; he returned to school and earned a Masters Degree |
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| in Social
Studies and Political Science at Northeastern |
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| Illinois University in Chicago, and an Administrative |
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| Certificate from Chicago State University; and
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| WHEREAS, He worked at a number of elementary schools for 38 |
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| years before retiring from
the Wendell Smith Elementary School |
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| in 2001; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Riley Franklin Bridgers will be |
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| deeply felt by many, especially his brother, Maurice (Alma); |
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| his sisters, Ruth Bridgers and
Ophelia Pirtle; his favorite |
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| niece, Shalanna Pirtle;
his special cousins, Lee Wade, Emma |
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| McClennon, Emmitt J. Wade (Angie), and E. James Wade (Crystal);
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| and many other cousins and friends; therefore, be it
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