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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 John Daniel "J.D." Slater, Sr., who | ||||||
4 | passed away on August 18, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. was born on March 8, 1919 in | ||||||
6 | Rolling Fork, Mississippi; his parents were Alex Slater and | ||||||
7 | Antonia Vardaman; he moved to the Waukegan area in 1946; and
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8 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. was drafted into the United | ||||||
9 | States Army in 1942 and served in World War II; his company | ||||||
10 | crossed the Rhine River while under heavy air and artillery | ||||||
11 | attack; he also served in France, Belgium, Holland, and other | ||||||
12 | locations in Europe and was one of last few African American | ||||||
13 | World War II veterans still alive in Lake County; he was | ||||||
14 | honorably discharged from the Army after 4 years of service in | ||||||
15 | 1946; and | ||||||
16 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. retired from American Motors in | ||||||
17 | 1978 after 30 years of service; he went on to become the | ||||||
18 | proprietor of Slater's Barbecue, which was opened on April 11, | ||||||
19 | 1957 on 401 Market Street in Waukegan and closed in 1997; he | ||||||
20 | was known all over the North Shore for his delicious ribs, | ||||||
21 | home-made pork sausages known as the "foot-long", and secret | ||||||
22 | recipe baste and barbecue sauce; and
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1 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. accepted Christ at an early age; | ||||||
2 | he later joined Christian Love Baptist Church in Zion under the | ||||||
3 | Leadership of Pastor Norman Taylor and attended church | ||||||
4 | faithfully until his health prevented him from doing so; and
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5 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
6 | parents; a brother, Clifford Daniel (C.D.) Slater; 2 former | ||||||
7 | wives, Cora Lee Slater and Elizabeth Siler-Slater; a | ||||||
8 | daughter-in-law, Sandra Mack; and a son-in-law, Willie | ||||||
9 | Sanders, Jr.; and
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10 | WHEREAS, John Slater, Sr. is survived by his loving wife, | ||||||
11 | Maggie; 2 children, Dollie L. Sanders and John D. (Bennie) | ||||||
12 | Slater, Jr.; 2 children he raised as his own, Edith Thomas and | ||||||
13 | Sam (Cesslia) Siler; 4 step-children, Samantha Davis, Seneca | ||||||
14 | Davis, Ronnie Davis, and Cassandra Armstrong; 2 | ||||||
15 | sisters-in-law, Lilly Greer and Annie Wise; his close family | ||||||
16 | friends, Bettie Shellie and Charyle Chambers; 12 | ||||||
17 | grandchildren, Sabrina (Raymond) Smith, Tina (Jeffrey) | ||||||
18 | Harrison, Gary (Pam) Sanders, Trisa Slater, John D. (Angellic) | ||||||
19 | Slater, III, Ramona (Guam) Lee, Kerry Lynn (Anthony) Wynn, | ||||||
20 | Alicia (Al) Wilson, Barry (Kentra) Thomas, Shondra (Wylee) | ||||||
21 | Simmons, and Dionna and Sam Siler, III; a grand-goddaughter, | ||||||
22 | Julia Fears; many great-grandchildren, | ||||||
23 | great-great-grandchildren, nieces, and nephews; his special |
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1 | friends, Raymond (Pete-the-Tramp), Greg Yarbrough, Calvin | ||||||
2 | Watkins, and Roosevelt Allen; and many other close friends; | ||||||
3 | therefore, be it
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4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
6 | family and friends, mourn the passing of John Daniel "J.D." | ||||||
7 | Slater, Sr.; and be it further
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8 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
9 | presented to the family of John Slater, Sr. as an expression of | ||||||
10 | our sympathy.
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