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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 deeply saddened to learn of the death of Illinois Army |
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| National Guard Specialist Jessica Lynn Cawvey of Mahomet on |
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| October 6, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey, 21, was killed when an |
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| improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey graduated from Mahomet-Seymour |
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| High School and earned an associate's degree in business, |
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| graduating with honors from Parkland College in Champaign; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey was a proud member of the |
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| Illinois National Guard Transportation Unit 1544th, First |
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| Battalion, 65th Troop Command; she was awarded the Army Good |
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| Conduct, Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star medals for exemplary |
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| conduct, efficiency and fidelity during service; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her grandparents, the |
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| Reverend Clarence Cawvey, Sr. and Glenda Cawvey; and
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| WHEREAS, Her death will be deeply felt by all who knew and |
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| loved her, especially her parents, Kevin and Sandra McGlasson |
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| Cawvey; her daughter, Sierra Cawvey; her brothers, Kevin |
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| Cawvey, Jr. and Joshua Cawvey; her grandparents, Howard and |
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| Donna McGlasson; and several aunts and uncles; 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 together with her |
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| family, friends, and the citizens of this State and this great |
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| nation, we mourn the passing of Illinois Army National Guard |
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| Specialist Jessica Lynn Cawvey, and extend to her family and |
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| friends our sincerest condolences; and be it further
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