Full Text of SR0813 95th General Assembly
SR0813 95TH 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
Darren Day, who passed away on June 27, | 4 |
| 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Darren Day was born on August 16, 1962 in Chicago; | 6 |
| his parents were William and Shirley Day; and
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| WHEREAS, Darren Day was baptized as a member of the Trinity | 8 |
| United Church of Christ under the leadership of the Reverend | 9 |
| Jeremiah Wright; he attended St. Dorothy's Elementary School | 10 |
| and Mount Carmel High School, where he was a member of the 1980 | 11 |
| Mt. Carmel State Championship Football team; he attended Oxford | 12 |
| University and later attended Bowie State University, where he | 13 |
| majored in mathematics; and
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| WHEREAS, Darren Day was employed with the Sam's | 15 |
| Club/Walmart family, where he quickly became a top sales | 16 |
| manager; his great love for children led him to work at the | 17 |
| Chicago Public Schools for many years; he also coached football | 18 |
| at Claremont Academy, leading his team to the city championship | 19 |
| many times; and
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| WHEREAS, Darren Day is survived by his devoted wife, | 21 |
| Tawanna; his children, Mary, Samantha (Davonski) Wilson, |
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| Dylan, Donovan, and Trinity; his grandchildren, Nikyia, | 2 |
| Chastity, Taylor, Jeremiah, Jamauri, and Jason; his loving | 3 |
| parents, William and Shirley; his sister, Teri; and his many | 4 |
| loving aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and special | 5 |
| friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Darren Day will be remembered by all who knew and | 7 |
| loved him as an outspoken and fun-loving man who had a heart as | 8 |
| pure as gold; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Darren Day; and be it | 12 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 |
| presented to the family of Darren Day as an expression of our | 15 |
| sympathy.
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