Full Text of SR0747 101st 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 Dr. Herschel Lee Garrett Jr., who passed | 4 | | away on May 23, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett was born in Jackson, Mississippi on | 6 | | December 13, 1931 to Herschel Sr. and Mary Catherine Garrett; | 7 | | he was baptized in the Episcopal Church and later converted to | 8 | | the Baptist denomination; he attended Maxfield
Elementary | 9 | | School in St. Paul, Minnesota and graduated from Marshall High | 10 | | School; he served in the United States Army during the Korean | 11 | | War; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett was honorably discharged from the Army | 13 | | and graduated from Lincoln University in Jefferson City, | 14 | | Missouri with a Bachelor of Science in Biology and a minor in | 15 | | Psychology; he was initiated into the Alpha Mu Chapter of
Kappa | 16 | | Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc.; he graduated from the Meharry | 17 | | Medical College School of Dentistry in Nashville in 1963 and | 18 | | married Shirley Marie Curry; he interned at George W. Hubbard | 19 | | Hospital in Nashville and relocated to the East St. Louis area, | 20 | | where he opened his dental practice; and
| 21 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett was involved with
numerous | 22 | | organizations, including the American Red Cross, the Boys & |
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| 1 | | Girls Club of
America, the East St. Louis Anniversary Club | 2 | | (Past President), the East St. Louis Community Fund Board of | 3 | | Directors
(Past President), Gateway East Health, Inc., the | 4 | | Jackie Joyner-Kersee Reach for Dreams Foundation, the Jackie
| 5 | | Robinson Khoury League, the Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. | 6 | | (Past Polemarch & Life Member), the Metro East
Cancer Unit | 7 | | (Past President and Jail & Bail Chairperson), the Midwestern | 8 | | States Dental Society, the Mound City
Dental Society, the | 9 | | N.A.A.C.P. (Life Member), the National Dental Association, | 10 | | R.O.M.E.O.S. - Retired Old Men
Eating Out, the St. Clair County | 11 | | Board of Health, the St. Louis Globe Democrat's Old Newsboy, | 12 | | Truelight Baptist
Church (Jewel and Vice Chairman, Board of | 13 | | Directors), the Royal Vagabonds, the Urban League, and the | 14 | | Y.M.C.A.; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett received many awards and honors, | 16 | | including the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity,
Inc. Dr. Martin | 17 | | Luther King, Jr. Distinguished Service Award, the C. Roger | 18 | | Wilson Achievement and Human
Rights Award, the East St. Louis | 19 | | City Council Distinguished Community Service Award, the Frank | 20 | | M. Summers Distinguished
Service Award, the Gateway Chapter of | 21 | | Links, Inc. Health Jamboree Award, the Illinois Department of | 22 | | Children &
Family Services Outstanding Volunteer Service | 23 | | Award, the Lt. Governor Pat Quinn's Healthy Smiles Hero Award,
| 24 | | the National Council of Negro Women, Inc. Outstanding Service | 25 | | Award, the North Central Province Distinguished Alumni Award, |
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| 1 | | the Sigma Gamma Rho Sorority, Inc. Afro
American History Award, | 2 | | the Top Ladies of Distinction Outstanding Service to Youth | 3 | | Award, and the Urban League
of Metropolitan St. Louis Award of | 4 | | Merit; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett was affectionately known as "Doc | 6 | | Garrett"; he continuously stressed the importance of education | 7 | | to everyone and was instrumental in helping many obtain a | 8 | | degree of Doctor of Dental Surgery; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett was preceded in death by his son, | 10 | | Herschel III; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Garrett is survived by his wife, Shirley; his | 12 | | daughters, Staci Garrett Oliver and Kathryn Nicole Garrett; his | 13 | | grandchildren, Joseph Anthony,
Justin Aaron, and Jordan | 14 | | Alexander Clayborne and Klayton Nicolas Garrett; his | 15 | | son-in-law, James F. Oliver
Jr.; his adopted son, Kimball | 16 | | Nicholes; his "Guardian Angels", Leonard Childs, Robert | 17 | | Henson, Kenny Johnson, and John Morgan; and numerous extended | 18 | | family,
nephews, nieces, and special friends; therefore, be it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Dr. Herschel Lee Garrett Jr. and extend our sincere condolences | 22 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Dr. Garrett as an expression of our | 4 | | deepest sympathy.
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