Full Text of SR0704 93rd General Assembly
SR0704 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were deeply saddened to learn of the death of Illinois Army | 4 |
| National Guard Specialist Jessica Lynn Cawvey of Mahomet on | 5 |
| October 6, 2004 in Fallujah, Iraq; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey, 21, was killed when an | 7 |
| improvised explosive device detonated near her convoy; and | 8 |
| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey graduated from Mahomet-Seymour | 9 |
| High School and earned an associate's degree in business, | 10 |
| graduating with honors from Parkland College in Champaign; and | 11 |
| WHEREAS, Specialist Cawvey was a proud member of the | 12 |
| Illinois National Guard Transportation Unit 1544th, First | 13 |
| Battalion, 65th Troop Command; she was awarded the Army Good | 14 |
| Conduct, Purple Heart, and the Bronze Star medals for exemplary | 15 |
| conduct, efficiency and fidelity during service; and | 16 |
| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her grandparents, the | 17 |
| Reverend Clarence Cawvey, Sr. and Glenda Cawvey; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Her death will be deeply felt by all who knew and | 19 |
| loved her, especially her parents, Kevin and Sandra McGlasson | 20 |
| Cawvey; her daughter, Sierra Cawvey; her brothers, Kevin | 21 |
| Cawvey, Jr. and Joshua Cawvey; her grandparents, Howard and | 22 |
| Donna McGlasson; and several aunts and uncles; therefore, be it | 23 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 24 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that together with her | 25 |
| family, friends, and the citizens of this State and this great | 26 |
| nation, we mourn the passing of Illinois Army National Guard | 27 |
| Specialist Jessica Lynn Cawvey, and extend to her family and | 28 |
| friends our sincerest condolences; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Illinois Army National Guard | 3 |
| Specialist Jessica Lynn Cawvey as an expression of our deepest | 4 |
| sympathy.
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