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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 passing of James |
| 4 | | Robert Lilly, affectionately known as "Smokey", "Coach Lilly", |
| 5 | | "David", and "JR", who passed away on June 14, 2016; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly was born on February 17, 1953; his |
| 7 | | parents were Evelyn C. McGrew and James Oliver Lilly; he met |
| 8 | | his beautiful wife Wilma in 1971, they were married September |
| 9 | | 3, 1977; and
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| 10 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly was raised in Chicago; he attended and |
| 11 | | graduated from Lindblom High School and became a founding |
| 12 | | member of the Lindblom High School "Crunch Bunch" in 1980; and
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| 13 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly earned his Master of Administration at |
| 14 | | Loyola University and was a member of the Chicago Wine Psi Phi |
| 15 | | Social Fraternity; and
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| 16 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly served as a City of Chicago police |
| 17 | | officer and detective for 35 years until his retirement on |
| 18 | | April 15, 2013; he also served as a Field Training Officer, |
| 19 | | worked in personnel, and taught at the police academy; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly began coaching football at Simeon High |
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| 1 | | School in 1978; he went on to coach football, basketball, and |
| 2 | | track at many schools, including Perspective Charter School, |
| 3 | | Calumet High School, Morgan Park, Bogan High School, Chicago |
| 4 | | High School for Agricultural Sciences, and Seton Academy, for |
| 5 | | many years until his passing; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly was preceded in death by his sister, |
| 7 | | Sandra Lilly-Bennett; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, James Lilly is survived by his beautiful wife of |
| 9 | | 38 years, Wilma Lilly; his daughter, Audrina Lilly-Gantt (Tim); |
| 10 | | Angela Driver; his grandchildren, William Hilliard and Keyuana |
| 11 | | Hilliard; his great-grandchild, Brandon Jones; his sister, |
| 12 | | Michelle Lilly-Briscoe (Lloyd); his brother, Terrance Oliver |
| 13 | | Lilly-Grambling; his sisters-in-law and two brothers-in-law; |
| 14 | | and many nieces, nephews, grand-nieces, grand-nephews, other |
| 15 | | family members, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
| 17 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that |
| 18 | | we, along with all who knew and loved him, mourn the passing of |
| 19 | | James Robert Lilly and extend our sincere condolences to his |
| 20 | | family and friends; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of James Lilly as an expression of our |