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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 Cory Lushon "CJ" Foster Jr., who passed |
| 4 | | away on December 13, 2016; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Cory Foster Jr. was born in Oak Park to Cory Sr. |
| 6 | | and Shindana Foster on September 28, 1996; he attended
Lincoln |
| 7 | | Elementary School and graduated from the Living Word Christian
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| 8 | | Center; he attended St. Joseph High School and graduated from |
| 9 | | Proviso
West High School; he was baptized on June 22, 2003 at |
| 10 | | St. Michael Missionary Baptist Church, where he served
in the |
| 11 | | Youth Choir and Audio and Video Ministry; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Cory Foster Jr. obtained his worker permit at the |
| 13 | | age of 15; his first job was for the Village of Bellwood over |
| 14 | | several
summers; he later went on to work at AAA
Rental, Blaze |
| 15 | | Pizza, Dollar Tree, Gate Gourmet, Dicks Sporting
Goods, and |
| 16 | | Walmart; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Cory Foster Jr. was affectionately known as |
| 18 | | "Bump"; he enjoyed singing, playing the piano and drums, and |
| 19 | | traveling across the country and around the world; he was |
| 20 | | always helping others in any way he could; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, Cory Foster Jr. is survived by his parents, |
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| 1 | | Illinois State Representative Cory Sr. and Shindana Foster; his |
| 2 | | sister, Jayla
Foster; his grandmother, Sabrina (Donald) Foster |
| 3 | | Greer; his grandfather,
McKenzie Wallace; his |
| 4 | | great-grandmothers, Fannie Scott,
Alma Boykin, and Lilla Hall; |
| 5 | | his uncles, Lattrell (Aisha) Foster,
Michael (Marjorie) |
| 6 | | Hammond, Jonathan Foster, and Rodriguez Boykin; his aunts, |
| 7 | | Saneshia Foster, Latara Hammond, Kimberly Wallace, and Sherray |
| 8 | | Hammond; his godparents, Angela Buchanan,
and Gregory (Yara) |
| 9 | | Buchanan; his godbrothers and godsisters, Diontae,
Aria, |
| 10 | | Divontae, Makayla, Brianna, Dante, and Jordan; several |
| 11 | | great-aunts and great-uncles; and a host of cousins, relatives |
| 12 | | and
friends; therefore, be it
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| 13 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL |
| 14 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 15 | | Cory Lushon Foster Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to |
| 16 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
| 17 | | further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 19 | | presented to the family of Cory Foster Jr. as an expression of |
| 20 | | our deepest sympathy.
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