Full Text of HR1432 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Samuel | 4 | | Frye Burrell, who passed away on September 28, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell was born in Panola, Alabama to | 6 | | Willie and Eva Mae Burrell on September 18, 1938; he graduated | 7 | | from North Sumter High School in 1957 and joined the United | 8 | | States Army; he completed Army Warfare training at Fort | 9 | | Benning, Georgia and Army Medical School at Brooke Army Medical | 10 | | Center at Fort Sam Houston, Texas; he served as an Army | 11 | | paramedic; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell left the Army in 1960 and relocated | 13 | | to Chicago, where he worked as a Chicago Transit Authority bus | 14 | | operator; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell attended DeVry University from | 16 | | 1967 to 1969 to study electrical engineering; he left and went | 17 | | to work for North American Phillips as an Electronic | 18 | | Technician; in 1974, he took a position with the General Motors | 19 | | Electromotive Division and resumed his studies at DeVry | 20 | | University from 1975 to 1977; he was certified as a Master | 21 | | Mechanic, Electrician, and Locomotive Engineer; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell left General Motors in 1984, and | 2 | | joined Mayor Harold Washington's reform administration; he | 3 | | continued his education at Roosevelt University from 1987 to | 4 | | 1988, majoring in finance; he left the City of Chicago in 2002 | 5 | | and established Fuller-Burrell Electric, an electrical | 6 | | contracting company; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell was a member of the Pan African | 8 | | Students Organization, the Black Panther Party, the NAACP, and | 9 | | the independent political movement on the west side of Chicago; | 10 | | he was elected to the Chicago City Council in 1990, where he | 11 | | served as Alderman of the 29th ward until 1999; he founded the | 12 | | United Voter Registration League which registered more than | 13 | | 50,000 voters for the 1992 presidential election; he was proud | 14 | | to be called a "freedom fighter" by the president of the local | 15 | | chapter of the NAACP; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell was preceded in death by his | 17 | | parents; his brothers, James and Jesse Burrell; and his | 18 | | children, Ruwa, Linda, and Mark Burrell; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Samuel Burrell is survived by his wife of 50 | 20 | | years, Rosie L. (Key); his daughters, Cheronne Michelle Mayes, | 21 | | Joye Burrell(John) Beamon, and Miesha Samantha (Gary) Turner; | 22 | | his sons, William F. Little Esq., Edward E. Burrell, and Sam | 23 | | (Erica) Burrell II; his brothers, Willie (Dorothy), Bill |
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| 1 | | (Ellen), Charles (Barbara), and Lawrence; his sisters, Mattie | 2 | | and Gail (Timothy); many grandchildren, great-grandchildren, | 3 | | nieces, nephews, and other relatives; and a host of friends; | 4 | | therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 6 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 7 | | mourn the passing of Samuel Burrell, and extend our sincere | 8 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 9 | | him; and be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Samuel Burrell as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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