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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
United States Marine Corps Corporal Jamie 
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Russel Lowe of Johnsonville, who was killed in action in 
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Afghanistan on January 11, 2010; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe was born on November 15, 1988, in 
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Fairfield; his parents are Kevin L. and Teresa (Solomon) Lowe; 
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and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe graduated from Cisne High School 
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in 2007; he attended Orchardville Community Church and was a 
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member of the Young Marines in Mt. Vernon; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe served in the United States Marine 
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Corps with the 3rd Reconnaissance Battalion, a unit based in 
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Okinawa that is currently serving in Afghanistan; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe was preceded in death by his 
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grandfathers, Perry Lowe and James Verdell Solomon; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe is survived by his parents, Kevin 
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and Teresa Lowe; his brothers, Cody and Hunter Lowe; his 
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grandparents, Shirley Lowe and Russel and Linda Legg; his 
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great-grandparents, Philip and Wilma Lowe and Elsie Ray; his 
 


 






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aunts, Cristy and Brian McKinney, Kim and Shannon Hosick, and 
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Tammy and Trent Flexter; and his many great-uncles, 
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great-aunts, and cousins; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe will be remembered by all who knew 
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and loved him for his smile and his love of serving his country 
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in the United States Marine Corps; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Cpl. Jamie Lowe's patriotism and courage will be 
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remembered fondly by his loving family, his fellow soldiers, 
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and the citizens of our grateful nation; 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 United States Marine 
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Corps Corporal Jamie Russel Lowe; 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 Cpl. Jamie Lowe as an expression of 
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our sympathy.