Full Text of SR0422 96th General Assembly
SR0422 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Akeem Christopher Boone of Carrollton, | 4 |
| Georgia, who passed away on August 23, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on May 6, 1987, in Lancaster, | 6 |
| California, to Sybil J. Mercier Boone Parker and the late | 7 |
| Leeandrew C.C. Boone; he and his family lived in Chicago from | 8 |
| shortly after his birth until 1996, when they moved to Georgia; | 9 |
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| WHEREAS, He accepted Jesus as his Savior at Zoe Christian | 11 |
| Fellowship City Church in Atlanta, Georgia; he continued to | 12 |
| serve in the ministry of the church and worked in its sound | 13 |
| booth; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended Campbell High School in Smyrna, | 15 |
| Georgia, where he participated in the International | 16 |
| Baccalaureate program for 3 years, played Spartans football and | 17 |
| wrestled for 4 years, and, in his junior year, won the Regional | 18 |
| Wrestling Championship for the 275-pound weight class while | 19 |
| weighing only 225 pounds; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended the University of West Georgia, where | 21 |
| he played for the West Georgia Wolves football team and joined |
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| the brotherhood of the African American Learning Center and the | 2 |
| Black Men With Initiative under the leadership of Dr. Said | 3 |
| Sewell; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father; and
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| WHEREAS, Akeem Christopher Boone is survived by his mother, | 6 |
| Sybil; his brother, Rashad; his sisters, Shadra and Shayla | 7 |
| (Pam); his niece, Tonja Lynn; his nephew, Tajan Leo | 8 |
| Christopher; his paternal grandmother, Glenola Lashley; and | 9 |
| his uncles, aunts, great-uncles, great-aunts, cousins, and | 10 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 13 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Akeem Christopher Boone; | 14 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to the family of Akeem Christopher Boone as a symbol | 17 |
| of our sincere sympathy.
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