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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with great sadness of the passing of Walter Benjamin |
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| Kyle on December 10, 2003; and
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| WHEREAS, Walter Benjamin Kyle was born on January 13, 1925 |
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| in Pensacola, Florida; he was a faithful member of Mt. Olive |
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| Baptist Church in Pensacola, Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kyle was the third child born to Alfred and |
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| Elizabeth Rothchild Kyle; he attended Escambia County public |
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| schools, where after graduation, he was drafted into the U.S. |
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| Army; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kyle received his bachelor's degree from |
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| Alabama State College, his master's degree from the University |
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| of Chicago, and his law degree from Howard University in |
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| Washington, D.C.; he was a practicing Attorney in Jacksonville, |
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| Florida, for a number of years and later served as Principal of |
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| Booker T. Washington Adult Evening School and Wedgewood High |
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| School in Pensacola, Florida; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Kyle was affiliated with the NAACP, Kappa |
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| Alpha Phi Fraternity, and the Young Men's Christian |
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| Association; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Walter Benjamin Kyle has been |
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| deeply felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his sons, |
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| Angelo Dante and Walter Benjamin; his daughter, Angela Kyle; |
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| his grandchildren, Angelo Dante II, Dononique (Arbrae) Flores, |
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| Jonathan Walter Anthony Kyle, and Ryan Kyle; his sister, Gloria |
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| M. Kyle; his brothers, Samuel Kyle and Charles Kyle; and his |
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| many nephews, nieces, cousins, and dear friends; therefore, be |
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| it
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