Full Text of SR0047 94th General Assembly
SR0047 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Leon DeSoto Curry of East | 4 |
| St. Louis on January 4, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born June 16, 1919 in St. Louis, Missouri, | 6 |
| and was a product of the St. Louis Public School System, | 7 |
| graduating from Vashon High School in 1938; he attended Bradley | 8 |
| University before enlisting in the U.S. Army in 1940; he was | 9 |
| honorably discharged in 1945 with the rank of Sergeant; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1946, he married Helen Dorion, and to this | 11 |
| union five daughters and one son were born; on September 25, | 12 |
| 1971, he married Gwendolyn G. Merriweather; he was a faithful | 13 |
| member of St. Paul Baptist Church and served on the Trustee | 14 |
| Ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, After serving in the military, he worked for the | 16 |
| U.S. Post Office; he later received a degree in Business | 17 |
| Administration and Accounting from St. Louis University, and | 18 |
| worked for the Veteran's Administration for twenty years as a | 19 |
| counselor of veteran's benefits, retiring in 1986; he was | 20 |
| president of the AFCD Local and was head of the Credit | 21 |
| Committee, later becoming a member of the board of directors | 22 |
| for Arsenal Credit Union; he also worked many years with his | 23 |
| brother at the Action Auto Repair Shop; he had a passion for | 24 |
| the history of the Buffalo Soldiers and loved to enlighten | 25 |
| others about this historical group; one of his most prestigious | 26 |
| accomplishments was his life membership with the Ninth and | 27 |
| Tenth Horse Cavalry Association; he served proudly as the 2nd | 28 |
| Vice-President of membership for the Association for a total of | 29 |
| fifteen years; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon was a knowledgeable and diligent man when it | 31 |
| came to assisting clients, family, and friends; he left those |
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| who knew him richer and wiser; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, | 3 |
| Leon, Jr.; and a daughter, Ellen Lynette; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Leon DeSoto Curry will be felt by | 5 |
| his loving and devoted wife, Gwendolyn (nee Gillespie); his | 6 |
| children, Sheryl (John) Beacon, Yvonne (Flemming) Hansen, | 7 |
| Renee' Curry, Lynnda Curry, Brenda Merriweather Franklin, | 8 |
| Phillip (Karin) Merriweather, Sr., and JoAnn Merriweather | 9 |
| Holt; his grandchildren, Angela, Phil Jr., Terrance, Staci, | 10 |
| Brady, Courtney, Crystal, Anjanette, and Mariah; his | 11 |
| great-grandchildren, Erick, Kamre', and Jaylen; his siblings, | 12 |
| Louis (Dorothy) Preston and Doris Calvert Black; his numerous | 13 |
| loving nieces and nephews; and his St. Paul Church Family; | 14 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 17 |
| Leon DeSoto Curry and we extend our sincerest condolences to | 18 |
| his family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 21 |
| sympathy.
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