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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 James "Jimmy" W. Knight, who passed away |
4 | | on September 13, 2013; and
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5 | | WHEREAS, James Knight was born on June 7, 1935; his parents |
6 | | were John Knight and Mildred Shelton; he married Ollie Burns |
7 | | Thompson in 1956; they were re-married in 2001; and
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8 | | WHEREAS, James Knight completed his early education at |
9 | | Calvin Donaldson Junior High School and Howard High School in |
10 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee; after he was honorably discharged, he |
11 | | subsequently continued his education at the Allied School of |
12 | | Technology's Tool and Die Making program and Kennedy-King |
13 | | College in Chicago; and
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14 | | WHEREAS, James Knight accepted Christ as his personal |
15 | | savior at an early age; he was a faithful member of Parkway |
16 | | Garden Christian Church; and
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17 | | WHEREAS, James Knight served his country as a member of the |
18 | | United States Air Force; he later retired at the rank of |
19 | | Sergeant First Class from the United States Army National |
20 | | Guard's 933rd Military Police Company; and
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1 | | WHEREAS, James Knight retired from the United States Postal |
2 | | Service after 30 years on the same mail route in the Bridgeport |
3 | | community; after retiring, he enjoyed spending time with his |
4 | | many friends at "his office" and Saturday morning breakfast |
5 | | with his military "family"; and
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6 | | WHEREAS, James Knight was preceded in death by his parents |
7 | | and a daughter, Mildred; and |
8 | | WHEREAS, James Knight is survived by his wife, Dr. Ollie M. |
9 | | Knight; 3 children, Rev. Melody Seaton, Dr. Millicent Knight |
10 | | (Dr. Harvey Echols), and Monica Smith; 8 grandchildren, Kenny |
11 | | Whigham, Michael and Curtis Milner, Veronique (Earnest) Crim |
12 | | Wallace, Ernest (Cassie) Crim, III, Jaylen and Jahmal Smith, |
13 | | and Matthew Echols; 8 great-grandchildren, Chloe, Rassan, |
14 | | Janea, Kwonzel, Nastassja, Meriah, Kiara, and Jamar; 4 |
15 | | godchildren, Wennoa Lewis-Blair and Brenda, Mariner, and |
16 | | Theodore Brinson; 2 cousins, Pamela Dave and Jackie Jones; 3 |
17 | | sisters-in-law, Charlie B. (Jarvis) Stamps, Aggie, and Mamie; a |
18 | | brother-in-law, United States Representative Bennie (London) |
19 | | Thompson; and many other family members and friends; therefore, |
20 | | be it
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21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL |
22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his |
23 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of James "Jimmy" W. |