Full Text of SR0538 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 Alvin Fitzgerald Cunningham, who passed | 4 | | away on May 26, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Alvin Fitzgerald was born in Waukegan to Mary Ross | 6 | | Cunningham and Johnie Simmons Jr. on December 13, 1969; he was | 7 | | baptized at Antioch Baptist Church in Waukegan under Pastor | 8 | | W.H. McIntosh at the age of ten; there, he served as a junior | 9 | | usher; he was educated in the Waukegan Public School System and | 10 | | graduated from Waukegan East High School in 1989; | 11 | | affectionately known as the "Comic" in high school, he | 12 | | participated in several sports, including track, basketball, | 13 | | and football, as well as JROTC; he expressed his musical talent | 14 | | by playing the flute in the Waukegan High School Band; the | 15 | | value of hard work was instilled in him at an early age; he had | 16 | | a paper route with the News Sun, was a golf caddy for Glenbrook | 17 | | Country Club, and worked at Pete's Fruit Market in Waukegan; | 18 | | and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, In 1989, Alvin Fitzgerald enlisted in the United | 20 | | States Army, where he served as a Light Wheel Mechanic; while | 21 | | serving in the military, he was assigned to Bravo Company 706th | 22 | | Maintenance/6th Infantry Division (Light) Pacific, Fort | 23 | | Wainwright, Alaska; upon discharge, he returned to Waukegan, |
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| 1 | | where he briefly worked for the Lake County Recorder of Deeds | 2 | | before beginning his career in the hospitality industry; he | 3 | | worked in the hospitality industry for many years before | 4 | | relocating to Tallahassee, Florida to serve as the Regional | 5 | | District Manager for Red Roof Inn, a position he held until his | 6 | | death; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Alvin Fitzgerald enjoyed fishing, barbecuing, | 8 | | riding motorcycles, watching the West Virginia Mountaineers | 9 | | football team, spending time with family and friends, music, | 10 | | and his pet reptiles; he was always the life of the party and | 11 | | especially enjoyed participating in several fundraisers for | 12 | | the Lupus Foundation of America; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Alvin Cunningham was preceded in death by his | 14 | | father, Johnie Simmons Jr; his maternal and paternal | 15 | | grandparents, Ollis Sr. and Lorena Ross and Johnie Simmons Sr. | 16 | | and Julia Harris; and many maternal aunts, uncles, and family | 17 | | members; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Alvin Cunningham is survived by his mother, Mary | 19 | | Ross-Cunningham; his daughters, LeKeshia Lynn Cunningham, | 20 | | Ashlee Katherine Lorena Cunningham, and Aareania | 21 | | Robertson-Cunningham; his son, Anthony Cunningham; his | 22 | | brothers, Reverend Dr. Emerson (Lillian) Ross, Mayor Sam | 23 | | Cunningham, Levi (Millicent) Finch, Alonzo (Chetara) Jenkins, |
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| 1 | | and Johnie Simmons III; his sisters, Jackie (Wayne) Bailey, | 2 | | Asia Simmons, and Regina Bruno; his aunts, Mary Hill, Vera | 3 | | Polk, Dorothy Dickson, Eleanor (Larry) Hurt-Johnson, Gloria | 4 | | Rice, Wynona (Judge) Booker, and Ruth Jackson; his uncles, | 5 | | Eugene Ross, Forest (Dorothy) Ross, James (Ann) Ross, and | 6 | | Lorenza (Jennifer) Beville-Ross; his godsisters, Crystal | 7 | | Handy-Allen and Sonia Pipes; his godbrother, Jeremiah Norwood; | 8 | | his special friends, Milton, Hector, and Charles Rodriguez, | 9 | | Lance Handy, Jerome Adams, Sam Dotson III, and Darrin Davis Jr; | 10 | | several close-knit cousins, nieces, nephews, relatives, and | 11 | | friends; therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 14 | | Alvin Fitzgerald Cunningham and extend our sincere condolences | 15 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 16 | | it further
| 17 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 18 | | presented to the family of Alvin Cunningham as an expression of | 19 | | our deepest sympathy.
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