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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Eddie Jewell Price, Jr. of Springfield, 
4who passed away on December 26, 2014; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. was born in Kankakee on May 11, 
61951 to Eddie J., Sr. and Edwinah (nee Cole) Price; he attended 
7Bishop McNamara High School, Olympia State University in 
8Olympia, Washington, and Governor State University; he served 
9in the United States Navy from May of 1969 to January of 1971; 
10he married Mary Price in 1974; he later married Connie Day and 
11then Renatta Rhodes; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. retired from the State of 
13Illinois after 34 years with the Department of Children and 
14Family Services, the Department of Mental Health and 
15Developmental Disabilities, and the Office of Inspector 
16General; he was elected 7th Ward Alderman in Kankakee from 1979 
17to 1983; and
  
 
18    WHEREAS, After moving to Springfield, Eddie Price, Jr. was 
19a member of Grace United Methodist Church and then Pleasant 
20Grove Baptist Church; he was also affiliated with Capitol City 
21C.O.G.I.C., Union Baptist Church, and Kumler United Methodist 
22Church; he volunteered for numerous ministries and 
 
 
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1organizations, including Foreign Mission (Germany and 
2Liberia), "Hands Across the Sea", the National Baptist 
3Association of Germany Congress of Christian Education, the 
4Graham Correctional Prison Ministry, Memorial Medical Center 
5Red Coats, Springfield District #186, Bereaved Parents of 
6USA-Springfield Chapter, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the 
7NAACP, the Illinois Association of Minorities in Government 
8(past Chairman), and the YMCA (board member and President); he 
9also coached the Kankakee East Side Bulldogs and was an 
10organizer with the "Million Man March" in Washington, D.C.; and
 
  
11    WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. was preceded in death by his 
12father, Eddie J. Price, Sr.; his daughter, Joi Verniece Price; 
13his grandparents, Rev. Russell and Annie B. Price, Florine 
14Dunbar, and Ulyssess Grant Cole; and
  
 
15    WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. is survived by his mother, 
16Edwinah Price; his 4 sons, Daniel (Shonda) Roach, Malcolm 
17(Kizzy), Kwame (Carmella) Price, and Timothy Smith; his 2 
18daughters, Aisha Price and Tempe Williams; his sister, Yvette 
19(Michael) Maeweather; his brother, Garland Price; his 21 
20grandchildren; his great-grandchild; his first wife and 
21friend, Mary Price; his special friend, Alicia Joseph; his 
22special daughter, Alicia Ray; and many nieces, nephews, 
23cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
3Eddie Jewell Price, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to 
4his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it 
5further
  
 
6    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
7presented to the family of Eddie Price, Jr. as an expression of 
8our deepest sympathy.