Full Text of SR0494 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Percy Lee McGee, Jr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. was born on October 7, 1947, | 5 | | at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri; his | 6 | | parents were Percy Lee McGee, Sr. and Susie Lou McGee; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. attended Marshall and Turner | 8 | | Middle Schools; he began shining shoes at the age of 12 years | 9 | | old and shined the shoes of Dick Gregory and many other famous | 10 | | people; he subsequently graduated from Vashon High School | 11 | | (originally Hadley Technical High School) in St. Louis, | 12 | | Missouri before graduating from Bailey Technical School in | 13 | | 1976; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. served in the United States | 15 | | Army until his honorable discharge in 1968; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. was employed as a barber in | 17 | | East St. Louis for 30 years; he then worked at the United | 18 | | States Postal Service in St. Louis, Missouri until his | 19 | | retirement; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. will be dearly missed by his |
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| 1 | | wife, Eula Dee McGee, whom he married on February 9, 1969, in | 2 | | St. Louis, Missouri; his children and their spouses, Samantha | 3 | | (Tyler) Hinton, Zeran (Kendra) McGee, Armonda Fisher, LaDrena | 4 | | McGee, and Derryl Fisher; and his 15 grandchildren and 2 | 5 | | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | his family and friends, the passing of Percy Lee McGee, Jr.; | 9 | | and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Percy Lee McGee, Jr. as an | 12 | | expression of our sympathy.
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