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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Tyrone Kenner, who passed away on April |
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| 27, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner was born on July 8, 1932; his |
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| parents were General Thomas Jefferson Kenner and Thelma |
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| McLemore; he was baptized at Great Hope MBC in Robbins and grew |
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| to know Christ at an early age; and
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| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner received his education from Dwight |
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| D. Eisenhower High School in Robbins; he then entered into the |
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| United States Air Force; after his honorable discharge, he went |
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| on to become a boxing promoter and a Chicago Police Officer; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner served as the Director of the Urban |
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| Progress Center in Chicago and Director of the Chicago |
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| Committee on Urban Opportunity; he was elected to serve as |
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| Third Ward Alderman in 1971 and served in that capacity for 13 |
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| years; as Alderman, he championed efforts to rebuild his ward, |
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| reduce the high crime rate, and put many people to work; in |
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| recent years, he was an assistant engineer for Cook County; and
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| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner was preceded in death by his wife, |
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| Emma Payne; his parents; and his brother, William Kenner; and
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| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner is survived by his children, Howard |
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| Kenner, Reverend Brian H. Kenner (Audrey), Renee Kenner-Clay |
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| (Gregory), Kimberly Kenner-Wash (Tony), Sonja Kenner, and |
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| Tonja Simmons (Emil); his special friend and companion, Denise |
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| Murray, and her three children, Edward Murray (Lashawn), Elaine |
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| Murray, and Erin Murray (Fancee); his 26 grandchildren and |
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| seven great-grandchildren; his brother, Thomas Kenner; his |
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| step-mother, Mary Louise Mingee; his niece, Peggy Kenner; his |
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| nephew, Dwight Kenner; his godson, Ronnie Yoakley; his favorite |
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| cousins, Gwendolyn Kenner Johnson, Sheila McLemore Saville, |
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| and Wyatt Kenner; and his many other family members and |
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| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Tyrone Kenner; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Tyrone Kenner as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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