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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to  
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learn of the death of
Steven James Lyons, who passed away on 
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November 5, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons was born on July 11, 1986 in 
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Chicago; he was the first child of Serbrena Friend-Lyons and 
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Robert Lyons; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons attended St. Sabina Academy 
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from preschool until eighth grade, where he graduated as a 
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principal scholar; he went on to attend Leo High School, where 
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he was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated 
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with honors; he then attended college at Southern Illinois 
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University; he was pursuing an associate's degree in criminal 
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justice and was on the Dean's List at Richard J. Daley College 
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at the time of his passing; he planned to attend Chicago State 
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University the following spring to obtain his bachelor's 
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degree; and

 
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    WHEREAS, While attending college, Steven James Lyons was 
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employed with United Parcel Services, where he was known as an 
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exemplary employee; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons was an avid sports fan; he 
 


 






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played baseball for the Jackie Robinson West League, football 
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and basketball while attending St. Sabina Academy, and baseball 
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while attending Leo High School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons is survived by his mother, 
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Serbrena; his brother, Andre Loren Lyons; his grandmother, 
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Betty L. Johnson; his many aunts, uncles, and special cousins; 
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Loretta Glover, Laura H. Byrd, George Mangum, Earline Mangum, 
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James Mangum, Clyde and Maggie Mangum, Raylen Opara, Brenda 
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Reese-Ward, John Reese, Renee (Marshall) Byrd-Sullivan, Nia 
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Sullivan, Dorrianne Sullivan, Eddie (Kim) Byrd, Jackson Byrd, 
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Paris Byrd, Otis (Patria) Wise, April, O.J., and Paris Wise, 
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and Carla Thornton; and his very special friends, Aaron 
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Calhourn, Brian and Brandon White, Cornelius Clark, Jamel 
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Blankenship, Charles Rhodes, Sylvester Harrison, Jamel 
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Franklin, and Elliot Norwood, among many others; therefore, be 
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it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Steven James Lyons; 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 Steven James Lyons as an expression 
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of our sympathy.