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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 Arnie Frank Bryant; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was born in Hartford, Alabama, the oldest of 
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five children born to Frank and Rosie Anderson; he was raised 
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in Newark, New Jersey, Chicago, and Maywood; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended Farragut and Proviso East High 
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Schools; he joined the United States Army in 1977 and remained 
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on active duty until 1997; he accepted Christ as his Savior at 
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an early age at Proviso Missionary Baptist Church under Bishop 
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Claude Porter; he was a member of New Horizon Missionary 
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Baptist Church under the leadership of Reverend Carl Hopson at 
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the time of his passing; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was a caring and compassionate man who loved 
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his family and fellow man; he was the President of the Proviso 
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Chapter of the National Association for the Advancement of 
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Colored People (NAACP) for many years and a Proviso Township 
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Trustee; he was also President of the Bellwood Library Board; 
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and

 
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    WHEREAS, he worked in law enforcement for twenty years;  he 
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was most recently employed as Deputy Chief of the Records 
 


 






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Center for Cook County; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Arnie Frank Bryant was preceded in death by his 
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goddaughter, Leslie Thompson; his mother; his brother, 
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Douglas; and his sister, Thelma; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Arnie Frank Bryant is survived by his wife and 
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friend, Gladis; his children, Brittany and Frank; his grandson, 
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Austin Murray; Kassy Twine; his father, Frank Anderson; his 
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brother, Raymond Bryant (Christina); his sister, Crystal King 
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(David); and many nieces and nephews, all who were his 
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favorite; 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 Arnie Frank Bryant; 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 Arnie Frank Bryant as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.