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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
| 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Marcus |
| 4 | | Dion Gulley Sr. of Peoria, who passed away on May 25, 2013; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Gulley Sr. graduated from Peoria Christian |
| 6 | | School in 1989; he received his associate's degree in general |
| 7 | | education from Illinois Central College and was pursuing his |
| 8 | | bachelor's degree from Franklin University; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Gulley Sr. worked for Caterpillar Inc. as a |
| 10 | | manufacturer engineer II; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Gulley Sr. was a member of Star of Hope |
| 12 | | Church; he was well-known and respected in the youth sport and |
| 13 | | activity arena in Peoria including coaching junior football |
| 14 | | leagues, basketball, and baseball leagues; he was an active |
| 15 | | member of the Freelance Riders Motorcycle Club; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Gulley Sr. was preceded in death by his |
| 17 | | biological father, Willie James Herron Sr.; his paternal and |
| 18 | | maternal grandparents; and his brother; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, Marcus Gullery Sr. is survived by his parents, |
| 20 | | Leon and A. Margie Aldridge; his children, Marcus "DJ" Dion |
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| 1 | | Jr., Dominique, and Desiree; his grandson, Christopher Hearn |
| 2 | | Jr.; his brother, Minister Leon (Katrina) Aldridge II; his |
| 3 | | sisters, Minister Tracie (Keith) Savage, Minister Aldisa |
| 4 | | Slaughter, and Juleo'n (Kedric) Meredith; his fiancee, Jessica |
| 5 | | Buhl and her children, Johnny, Quinton, Anthony, and Jordyn; |
| 6 | | his siblings of the heart, Sonja, Tonya, Tammie Slaughter, and |
| 7 | | those of his biological father; his brothers, Will Herron III, |
| 8 | | Myron Branch, Phillip Smith, Kelvin Patterson, Kevin King, |
| 9 | | Jason Herron, and Demetrius Herron; his sisters, Evergreen |
| 10 | | Dotson, Jittaun (Raymond) Woods, April James, Maria Shon (Mike) |
| 11 | | Stallings, and Sophia Kennedy; and a loving family of nephews, |
| 12 | | nieces, aunts, uncles, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 14 | | NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 15 | | we mourn the passing of Marcus Gullery Sr., and extend our |
| 16 | | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew |
| 17 | | and loved him; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Marcus Gullery Sr. as an expression |
| 20 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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