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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
Earl Patterson "Pat" Pitts Jr., who |
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| passed away on March 8, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. was born on December 15, 1951 in |
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| Waukegan; his parents were Earl Pitts and Merrol Rockingham |
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| Pitts; he married his junior high school sweetheart, Rhonda |
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| Evans, on March 10, 1973; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. accepted Christ at an early age at |
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| First Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Cole; in |
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| his later years, he re-dedicated his life to Christ and became |
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| a member of Mount Sinai Institutional Baptist Church under the |
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| leadership of Reverend Gerald Wilcoxon; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. was a lifelong resident of North |
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| Chicago; he attended elementary, junior high, and high school |
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| in North Chicago; after graduation, he was drafted in the |
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| United States Army and received an honorable discharge; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. enjoyed drawing, working on cars, |
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| racing cars, the outdoors, going on camping trips, and spending |
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| time with his family; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. was preceded in death by his |
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| parents; his son, Ryan Pitts; his brothers, Sam Kneeland, |
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| Hornsby Kneeland, and George (GT) Kneeland; and his |
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| brothers-in-law, Larry Williams and Mitchell Williams; and
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| WHEREAS, Earl Pitts Jr. is survived by his devoted wife of |
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| 36 years, Rhonda Evans Pitts; his sons, Rodney (Crystal) Pitts |
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| and Marvin Johnson; his siblings, Shelley Kneeland, Dorothy |
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| Lundy, Wilerma (Lola) Kneeland, Naydean (Willard) Fields, and |
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| Odie Kneeland; his grandchildren, Latrell Reed, Alize' Nance, |
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| Christopher, Kennedy, and Chase Pitts, Jeremiah Duty, Daquan |
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| Wilson, Aryia Pitts, Danaria Lewis, DeOmber Pitts, Amiyah |
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| Pitts, and Brittany Edwards; his father in-law, Aaron Evans; |
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| his mother in-law, Mary Evans; his brothers-in-law, Donald |
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| Evans, James (Cenie) Evans, Mark Evans, and David Logan; his |
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| sisters-in-law, Haneefah (Eunice) Logan, Linda Williams, and |
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| Valerie Williams; and his many aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, |
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| cousins, and 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 Earl Patterson "Pat" |
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| Pitts Jr.; 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 Earl Pitts Jr. as an expression of |