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HOUSE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James E. 
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Cook of Chicago, Illinois; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Edward Cook was born on March 1, 1965 in 
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Forkland, Alabama; his parents were Casserie Cook and Preston 
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Joe Wiggins; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Cook attended and graduated from Dunbar 
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Vocational High School in Chicago; he completed  his college 
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education from East-West University in Chicago and Florida 
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Memorial College in Miami, Florida; he majored in Accounting 
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and Business Management at both institutions; he was a 
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Certified Assisted Housing Manager, a Certified Manager of 
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Housing, a Certified Manager of Occupancy, a  Public Housing 
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Manager, and a Tax Credit Specialist; he was a licensed Notary 
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Public in the State of Georgia, and was Tax Credit Certified in 
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the State of Georgia; and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Cook was employed with Triangle Associates 
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Lake Park Place from 1991 to 1994; from 1995 to 1997 he was 
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employed as Director of Operations with the Pinnacle Realty 
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Management Company in Bethesda, Maryland; from 1997 to 2000 he 
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was employed as Director of Operations with the Housing 
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Authority in the City of Camden, New Jersey; he was employed as 
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Property Supervisor with H.J. Russell and Company in Chicago, 
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Illinois from 2000 to 2001; and he was the Property Manager of 
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the Brittany Apartments in Chicago, Illinois from 2002 to 2003; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, James Cook was a lifetime member of the Antioch 
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Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, under the leadership of 
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the late Pastor Doctor Wilbur Mason Daniel and current Pastor 
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Gerald Dew; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, James Cook is survived by his father, Preston Joe 
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Wiggins; his brothers, Joe N. Cook (Wanda) of St. Paul, 
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Minnesota, Tommy L. (Joyce) Cook of Chicago, Jerome A. (Jenell) 
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Cook of Chicago, and Preston Cook, Jr., of Zion; his sisters, 
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Barbara J. (Joseph) Wright of Chicago, Gracie Cook, Joeann 
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Cook, Ruby Cook, Lovetta Cook, Matti Cook, and Gladys Cook, all 
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of Zion; his aunts, Olivia Hall and Ernestine Cook; his nieces, 
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nephews, cousins, and friends; and his God-sent best friend, 
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Carlos D. Estes; he was preceded in death by his mother, 
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Casserie Cook, and his brother, Johnnie Willie Cook; therefore, 
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be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
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we mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of James 
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E. Cook; and 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 James E. Cook.