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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The Senate is saddened to learn of the passing of 
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Kent Alan "Mr. A" Alexander of Carterville on February 6, 2006; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander  was born December 5, 1965, in Mount 
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Vernon, to Richard Dale and Marcia Susette (Frost) Alexander; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander graduated from Carterville High 
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School in 1983 with high honors and graduated from Southern 
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Illinois University in 1990 with a bachelor of science in 
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biology and computer science; and
 
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    WHEREAS, He married Kristi Lynn Hardin on September 24, 
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1998, in Paducah and taught for 12 years as a science teacher 
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at Carterville Junior High School and served as the girls 
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junior high basketball coach for four years; previous to 
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teaching at Carterville, he was the biology instructor at 
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Rantoul High School for three years; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was an all-conference offensive lineman for 
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Carterville High School, an avid St. Louis Rams football fan, 
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and loved collecting comic books, comic book memorabilia, voice 
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prints of old time radio shows, and also was an amateur 
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herpetologist; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Mr. Alexander was a born again Christian, a member 
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of Crainville Baptist Church, and a devoted family man who 
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loved spending time with his children and pets, especially his 
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beloved mutt Luke; and
 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Kent Alan "Mr. A" Alexander will be 
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deeply felt by all who knew and loved him,  especially his wife, 
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his children, Haleigh, Nathaniel, and Gabriel; his parents; his 
 


 






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brother, Bradley Gene Alexander; his mother-in-law, Loyce 
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Hardin; and his numerous brothers-in-law, sisters-in-law, 
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aunts, uncles, and cousins; he was preceded in death by his 
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grandparents, Ryburn and Mae Alexander and Leo and Alice Frost, 
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and his sister-in-law, Kathy Hardin; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that, along with his family 
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and friends, we mourn the death of Kent Alan "Mr. A" Alexander; 
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and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.