Full Text of SR0322 95th General Assembly
SR0322 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Roger D. Barfield Sr., who passed away on | 4 |
| July 16, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was born on June 13, 1945 in | 6 |
| National City; his parents were Alonzo and Burnett Barfield; | 7 |
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was educated in the public | 9 |
| schools of East St. Louis, graduating from high school in 1963; | 10 |
| after high school, he joined the Marines and was stationed at | 11 |
| Quantico Marine Corps Officers School in Virginia; while at the | 12 |
| school, he joined the track team and became a 1964 Olympic | 13 |
| hopeful by clearing 7 feet in the high jump and jumping more | 14 |
| than 50 feet in the triple jump the same year; his dream of | 15 |
| becoming an Olympic gold medalist was cut short by the Vietnam | 16 |
| War; he retired from the military after 20 years of service; | 17 |
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. worked for the United States | 19 |
| Postal Service, receiving numerous perfect attendance awards; | 20 |
| he retired after 20 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. loved sports and followed |
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| them as closely as he could, with local sports being his | 2 |
| favorite pastime; he also coached various youth groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was preceded in death by his | 4 |
| parents and his siblings, Burnett Hudson, Ray Barfield, Ruby | 5 |
| White, and Mae Byrd; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. is survived by his loving | 7 |
| and devoted wife, Jeweline; his sons, Aubrey N. (Maria) | 8 |
| Kennedy, Roger D. (Imee) Barfield, Jr., and Chad H. Barfield; | 9 |
| his brothers, Beaufus Barfield and Emery Barfield; his sister, | 10 |
| Iva Jean (Marvin) Lambert; his grandchildren, Renaldo, Zsa Zsa, | 11 |
| Bradley, Paris, and Roger D. Barfield III; his brother-in-law, | 12 |
| James (Ethel) White; his sisters-in-law, Pauline Edwards, | 13 |
| Betty Walker-Woods, Girthal (Harold) Clemons, Birthal (George) | 14 |
| McIntosh, Sue Chieke, Louise Smith, Bobby Golliday; and a host | 15 |
| of nieces, nephews, and cousins; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. will be remembered by all | 17 |
| who knew and loved him as a dedicated man who took hold of life | 18 |
| and gave it his best; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 20 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 21 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Roger D. Barfield Sr.; | 22 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Roger D. Barfield Sr. as an | 3 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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