Full Text of SJR0056 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, It is highly fitting that the Illinois General
| 3 | | Assembly pays honor and respect to the truly great individuals
| 4 | | who have served our country and, in doing so, have made the
| 5 | | ultimate sacrifice for our nation; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Army Specialist Anthony R. Maddox, 22, of Port | 7 | | Arthur, Texas died on July 22, 2013 at Landstuhl Regional | 8 | | Medical Center, Germany, of injuries that occurred in a | 9 | | noncombat incident during a fueling accident in Andar, | 10 | | Afghanistan; he was posthumously promoted to sergeant; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Maddox was assigned to 10th Brigade | 12 | | Support Battalion, 1st Brigade Combat Team, 10th Mountain | 13 | | Division, Fort Drum, New York and was serving during Operation | 14 | | Enduring Freedom; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Maddox was born on November 15, 1990 to | 16 | | Glenda F. Key and Jerome Maddox Jr.; he graduated from | 17 | | Nederland High School in 2009, where he was a football star for | 18 | | the Bulldogs and whose fearsome field presence earned him the | 19 | | nickname "Mad Dog"; he joined the United States Army in 2011; | 20 | | and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Sergeant Maddox approached everything he did in |
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| 1 | | life with the energy and passion to do his best; therefore, be | 2 | | it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES | 5 | | CONCURRING HEREIN, that we designate Interstate 55 as it | 6 | | travels from Exit 167 to Exit 171 in the city of Towanda as the | 7 | | "Sergeant Anthony R. Maddox Memorial Highway"; and be it | 8 | | further | 9 | | RESOLVED, That the Illinois Department of Transportation
| 10 | | is requested to erect at suitable locations, consistent with
| 11 | | State and federal regulations, appropriate plaques or signs
| 12 | | giving notice of the name "Sergeant Anthony R. Maddox Memorial | 13 | | Highway"; and be it further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That suitable copies of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Sergeant Maddox, Towanda Mayor Tom | 16 | | Wagner, and the Secretary of Transportation.
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