Full Text of HR0401 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 Reginald | 4 | | Lindell Hanks of Bolingbrook, who passed away on March 29, | 5 | | 2011; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born on May 25, 1949 to Daniel and Portia | 7 | | Hanks; he married Ozella on December 7, 1974; he accepted | 8 | | Christ at an early age and was baptized at Central Memorial | 9 | | Missionary Baptist Church; he later rededicated his life and | 10 | | was baptized at Living Word Christian Center, where he was a | 11 | | faithful member and helped in the Loaves and Fish Ministry; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He attended Jacob Beidler Elementary School and | 13 | | Marshall High School and was later inducted into the Marshall | 14 | | Alumni Hall of Fame; he received a Bachelor of Arts degree from | 15 | | the University of Illinois Chicago and an MBA from the Lake | 16 | | Forest Graduate School of Management; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He worked in a variety of fields, including the | 18 | | United States Post Office, Chicago radio stations, Milwaukee, | 19 | | Wisconsin television stations, and as a radio announcer for a | 20 | | Saturday night jazz show; he modeled for billboards and | 21 | | posters, and point of sale materials nationwide; he worked as | 22 | | an insurance agent for the Equitable Insurance Company; and he |
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| 1 | | worked for the Joseph Schlitz Brewing Company (later Stroh | 2 | | Brewing Company), working as support in 40 states; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, he worked with the Chicago Mayor's Office of | 4 | | Special Events, playing a major role in marketing the Taste of | 5 | | Chicago; he was active in the Bolingbrook Community Basketball | 6 | | league and was a well known high school basketball official, | 7 | | traveling throughout the State to officiate games; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, After obtaining his MBA, he began a career as a | 9 | | contract lobbyist and formed Tri-State Employee Benefits | 10 | | Consultants; he later formed Dorjar Gloves, a distributor of a | 11 | | variety of gloves to hospitals, doctors, dentists, | 12 | | municipalities, and corrections; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Daniel; | 14 | | and his brother, Ronald; and | 15 | | WHEREAS, Reginald Hanks is survived by his wife, Ozella; | 16 | | his son, Daniel; his daughters, Aleccia, Janelle (Keenan), and | 17 | | Regina; his grandsons, Jeffrey, Ronald, and Jiohvany; his | 18 | | granddaughters, Avia and Kennedy; his mother, Portia; his | 19 | | brothers-in-law, Kevin (Barbara) Patterson and Van Earl | 20 | | Patterson; his sisters-in-law, Kathy Patterson, Susanna | 21 | | Patterson, and Jacqueline Patterson; his uncle; several aunts; | 22 | | and a host of cousins, friends, and Commandos; therefore, be it
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 2 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 3 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 4 | | Reginald Hanks; and be it further
| 5 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 | | presented to the family of Reginald Hanks as a symbol of our | 7 | | sincere sympathy.
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