Full Text of HR0061 97th 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 Melvin | 4 | | Alexander, Sr. of Chicago, who passed away on January 10, 2011; | 5 | | and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Alexander, Sr. was born on January 23, | 7 | | 1932, in Chicago, the son of Carmelia and William Alexander; he | 8 | | was a graduate of Wendell Phillips High School in Chicago; he | 9 | | received further education in California, specializing in the | 10 | | area of law enforcement; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, He was baptized at the Canaan Baptist Church by | 12 | | the late Reverend Essex Elijah Franklin; and | 13 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army and was a | 14 | | decorated Artillery Sergeant in the Korean War; he served for | 15 | | 33 years with the Chicago Police Department, served the city of | 16 | | Chicago as Special Detail to the late Mayor Harold Washington, | 17 | | and subsequently as Executive Director of the Office of | 18 | | Municipal Investigations; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, He later served Cook County as Director of the | 20 | | Child Support Enforcement Division of the Sheriff's Department | 21 | | until his retirement; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his sister, Geraldine | 2 | | Floyd; his brother, Leslie Alexander, Sr.; and his son, Melvin | 3 | | Alexander, Jr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Melvin Alexander, Sr. is survived by his | 5 | | daughters, Angela Holbrook (Frank) and Aileen Gay (Derrick); | 6 | | his sons, Anthony and Michael (Rosemary); his sisters, | 7 | | Elverneece A. Moore and Norma J. Cantrell; his sister-in-law, | 8 | | Yolanda Alexander; his 17 grandchildren; his 17 | 9 | | great-grandchildren; his nieces, nephews, other relatives, and | 10 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 12 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 13 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 14 | | Melvin Alexander, Sr.; and be it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Melvin Alexander, Sr. as a symbol of | 17 | | our sincere sympathy.
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