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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
I.J. Gardner, who passed away on February 
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16, 2009; and

 
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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner was born on October 29, 1949 in 
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Mendenhall, Mississippi; his parents were K.C. and Lillie 
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Gardner; and

 
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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner attended Farragut High School, the 
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University of Illinois Circle Campus, and Haverford College in 
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Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a master's degree in 
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journalism; and

 
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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner served as a precinct captain and was 
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an employee of the City of Chicago's Department of Streets and 
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Sanitation, where he made many friends; and

 
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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner confessed his faith in Christ at an 
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early age; he was baptized at St. Peter M.B. Church, where he 
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attended until he and his family moved to Chicago and he united 
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with First Baptist Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner was preceded in death by his father, 
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K.C., and his brother, Milton; and

 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner is survived by his mother, Lillie; 
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his sons, Ikari and Daevion; his grandsons, Ikari, Jr., 
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Javonte, and Theodric; his brothers, Kasey and Jim; his 
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sisters, Peggie, Sandra, and Glenda; his uncles, George, James, 
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Ray, and Timmy; his aunts, Vernie and Hazel; his special 
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cousin, Naomi; and his many nieces, nephews, in-laws, and 
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friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH 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 I.J. Gardner; and be it 
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further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of I.J. Gardner as an expression of our 
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sympathy.