Full Text of HR0040 101st General Assembly
HR0040 101ST 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 Brian | 4 | | Elliott Sleet of Chicago, who passed away on December 26, 2018 | 5 | | at the age of 41; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet was born to Marion and Camille Sleet | 7 | | on December 22, 1977; as a child, he showed promise in several | 8 | | areas; he played the piano for his kindergarten graduation, won | 9 | | a writing contest in grammar school, played basketball and | 10 | | baseball, and was selected for the magnet school, McDade, and | 11 | | the academic center at Whitney Young High School; he was | 12 | | baptized at Pilgrim Baptist Church; in 2000, he earned a degree | 13 | | in Sociology from Dartmouth College, where he was known as the | 14 | | "Mayor of Dartmouth" because of his habit of meeting, greeting, | 15 | | and holding discussions on the Dartmouth Green; he earned his | 16 | | Juris Doctor from the University of Illinois in 2005; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet believed that politics was a way to | 18 | | influence public policy, and he was determined to make his | 19 | | contribution in that field; he recently started his own | 20 | | consulting agency and worked to help connect corporate clients | 21 | | with grass-roots leaders; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet attended St. James Community Church; |
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| 1 | | he was loyal, purposeful, committed, and faithful; and
| 2 | | WHEREAS, Brian Sleet is survived by his parents; his | 3 | | brother Michael (Debbie) Sleet; his niece, Morgan; his fiance, | 4 | | Nathalie Essex; his uncle, Craig (Camille) Wheeler; his aunts, | 5 | | Carla Wheeler, Angela Wheeler, and Stephanie Lee; his | 6 | | great-aunts, Julia Johnson, Ethel Sleet, and Naomi Henry; and | 7 | | his many cousins and friends; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | 9 | | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 10 | | we mourn the passing of Brian Sleet and extend our sincere | 11 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 12 | | him; and be it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Brian Sleet as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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