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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
U.S. Army Private DeWayne Lenell White of 
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Country Club Hills, who was killed in action in Bayji, Iraq on 
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December 4, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne Lenell White was born on February 
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20, 1980 in Chicago; his parents were Lenell White Jr. and 
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Sandra E. Ireland-White; he was baptized on March 20, 1980 at 
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St. Raphael Catholic Church; he married Syneca Beach on 
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February 25, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White lived at Homestead Air Force 
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Base in Florida until the age of 4, when he and his family 
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moved to Chicago, living in the Englewood community; while in 
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Englewood, he attended St. Raphael Elementary School and Curie 
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High School; and

 
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    WHEREAS, When Private DeWayne White's family moved to 
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Country Club Hills during his senior year, he earned his GED 
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and started training to be a welder through the Job Corps; he 
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proceeded to work a series of jobs in Tennessee and Kansas, 
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among other places; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White joined the United States 
 


 






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Army in November 2004, along with his brother, DeShaun; he was 
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stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he was assigned to 
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the First Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, First Brigade 
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Combat Team, of the 101st Airborne Division; in September of 
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2005, he was sent to Iraq to serve a one-year tour of duty; in 
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September of 2007, he was sent again to serve in Iraq, where he 
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remained until his untimely passing; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White enjoyed dancing, drawing 
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cartoons of hip-hop characters, writing poetry, rapping, and 
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playing pool and Playstation; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White is survived by his wife, 
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Syneca; his mother, Sandra; his step-father, Chester L. Miller 
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Sr.; his father, Lenell White Jr. (Renee); his brothers, 
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DeShaun White, Edwin White, and Chester Miller Jr.; his 
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sisters, Nekita Miller, DeJanee White, and Kimberly 
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Miller-Highsmith; his grandmother, Geneva White; his 
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grandfather, Paul Miller Sr.; his special nieces, Jaida and 
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Makaila; his mother-in-law, Kova Thicklin; his brother-in-law, 
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Seth Beach; and his many other loving relatives and friends; 
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and
 
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    WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White will be remembered by all 
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who knew and loved him as a loving, happy person who loved to 
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give what he could to those in need; therefore, be 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 U.S. Army Private 
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DeWayne Lenell White; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private DeWayne 
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Lenell White and  his willingness to serve our country which led 
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to him making  the ultimate sacrifice; 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 Private DeWayne Lenell White as an 
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expression of our sympathy.