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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of
Ra'sul Lee "Rocky" Clark, who passed away |
| 4 | | on January 5, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark was born on January 17, 1984, in |
| 6 | | Harvey; his parents were Annette B. Clark and Booker T. Martin; |
| 7 | | with the encouragement of his mother, he developed a life-long |
| 8 | | relationship with the Lord at an early age; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark received his early education at |
| 10 | | Robbins School District 143 1/2; he later graduated from Dwight |
| 11 | | D. Eisenhower High School and attended South Suburban Community |
| 12 | | College in South Holland; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark was a co-founder of the Grid Iron |
| 14 | | Alliance; at the time of his passing, he was attempting to get |
| 15 | | the Rocky Clark Bill, a health care initiative, passed; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark enjoyed sports, pit bulls, writing |
| 17 | | poems, and drawing pictures; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark was preceded in death by his |
| 19 | | grandmother, Marlene Clark; his grandfather, Booker T. Martin |
| 20 | | Sr.; his aunt, Cheryl Bobbett; his uncle, Roscoe Clark; and his |
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| 1 | | beloved pit bull, Menace; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Rocky Clark is survived by his mother, Annette |
| 3 | | (Darryl) Hardy Sr.; his father, Booker T. Martin II; his |
| 4 | | grandfather, Henry (Gestallie) Clark Sr.; his loving sisters, |
| 5 | | Dynetta, Arnetta (Brian), and Arnetta Martin; his loving |
| 6 | | brothers, Booker T. Martin III and Corray; his nephews, |
| 7 | | Marcellous, Marquise, DeAndre, Brian Jr., and Da'Shawn; his |
| 8 | | nieces, Ashley, Ashanti, Monteana, and Savannah; his uncles, |
| 9 | | Ronald, Henry Jr. (Jolinda), Dane, Bernard (Ann), Mark (Anita), |
| 10 | | Ray (Gloria), Howard (Chreyl), Micheal (Lokie), and Edward; his |
| 11 | | aunts, Gloria, Essie, and Arnetta Jordan; his special friends, |
| 12 | | Andrea and Karita; his best friends, Joshua, Antonio, and |
| 13 | | Natosha; his caretakers, Latoya and Paris; and his many |
| 14 | | cousins, friends, and other family members; therefore, be it
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| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 17 | | his family and friends, the passing of Ra'sul Lee "Rocky" |
| 18 | | Clark; and be it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Rocky Clark as an expression of our |
| 21 | | sympathy.
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