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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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were saddened to learn of the passing of Arties Eddie Jones of 
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Chicago on October 12, 2003; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arties E. Jones, the first of three children of 
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Eddie and Emma Jones, was born January 26, 1947 in Chicago; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arties E. Jones attended Parker High School and 
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upon completion enlisted in the United States Armed Forces; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arties E. Jones served in the U.S. Army from 1964 
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to 1974, and then attended Northeastern University, where he 
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graduated with a degree in Criminal Justice; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Arties E. Jones served as a Chicago Police Officer 
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for twenty-seven years, until his retirement in June of 2003; 
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and


 
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    WHEREAS, Arties E. Jones was an avid member and spiritual 
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leader for the St. Sabina family, where his strength and 
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courage sustained not only the faith community but his family 
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as well; and


 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Arties E. Jones will be deeply felt 
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by many, especially his wife, Kathleen Jones; his four 
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children, Darquite, Darkari, Shane, and Gibran; his mother, 
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Emma Rose Jones; his sister, Arlene Hasty; his brother, Eddie 
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P. Jones, Jr.; his grandchildren, Tajai Ling and Justin Arnold; 
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and a host of family and friends; therefore, be it
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of  
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Arties E. Jones along with all who knew and loved him and 
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extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; and 
 


 









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be it further
 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Arties E. Jones as an expression of 
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our sorrow for their loss.