Full Text of SR0132 098th 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 Shannon "Shawn" Jermaine Smith of | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on February 16, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith was born on July 15, 1975, to Karen | 6 | | Smith and Napoleon Harris Jr.; he attended Francis De Paul | 7 | | grammar school and Harvard Elementary, where he graduated in | 8 | | 1989; he attended Calumet High School, eventually attaining his | 9 | | diploma in 2004; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith met his wife, Timika, in 1999 and | 11 | | they were married on October 22, 2004; they had 2 children, | 12 | | Ceyanne and Karen; they were later joined by his daughter, | 13 | | Jada; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith worked as a forklift driver at | 15 | | Duraco Productions; he worked as a sales associate at Murray's | 16 | | Auto Parts and then at Auto Zone; he worked his way up at Auto | 17 | | Zone to parts sales manager; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith was known as a skilled mechanic and | 19 | | well known as the person to go to for car repairs; he was | 20 | | giving and would open his home to anyone in need; he joined | 21 | | Community C.O.G.I.C. in 2006 under the leadership of his |
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| 1 | | grandfather, Administrative Assistant Pastor Napoleon Harris | 2 | | Sr.; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith was preceded in death by his | 4 | | parents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Shannon Smith is survived by his wife, Timika; his | 6 | | sons, David Grant, Jon'Vonte Moore, Stephen Dickerson-Bye, | 7 | | Juan Morris Jr., Johnathan Morris, and Kiante Morris; his | 8 | | daughters, Ceyanne Dickerson, Jada Hankins, Karen Smith, and | 9 | | Chyanne Parker; his sisters, Shannea Brooks, Tomeika Nicole | 10 | | Harris Anderson (Alexander), and Asia Thurston; his brothers, | 11 | | Illinois State Senator Napoleon Bill Harris III (Nicole) and | 12 | | Jonathan Lamar Harris Sr.; his stepmother, Brenda Harris; his | 13 | | mother-in-law, Angela Dickerson-Bye (Randall); his | 14 | | brother-in-law, Sean Dickerson; his sisters-in-law, Jamie | 15 | | McPhee and Kara Bye (John); his grandparents, Napoleon Harris | 16 | | Sr. (Dr. Sherelene) and Mary Louis Breckenridge; his nieces, | 17 | | Arrion Pamon, Alexandria Nicole Anderson, Camaya Alexander, | 18 | | Isis Dickerson, Zenya Everette, and Baby Girl Harris; his | 19 | | nephews, Napoleon Nico Harris IV, Noah Bill Harris, Jonathan | 20 | | Lamar Harris Jr., and West Bye; his aunts, Sharon Bond | 21 | | (Reginald), Arlene Little, Jeraldyne Harris-Phillips, | 22 | | Charletta Little, Willa Dean Little, Anita Dickerson, Flossie | 23 | | Walton, Carol Dickerson, and Hazel Bowman; his uncles, Jamal | 24 | | Akbar, Derrick Harris, Keith Harris, Issac Myrick, Steven |
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| 1 | | Harris (Evelyn), Mario and Marco Little, Jarrett Harris (Joy), | 2 | | Kenneth Dickerson (Michelle), Elijah Bowman (Chymica), | 3 | | Emmanuel Bowman (LaShone), and Kelvin Bowman (Dominique); his | 4 | | great aunts, Willa Dean Jackson, Gloria Spaulding, and Idella | 5 | | Brown; his great-great-aunts, Mother Charlotte Eades and | 6 | | Mother Elaine Reed; his great uncles, Sylvester Collins and | 7 | | Willie Roseman Jr.; and a host of cousins, other extended | 8 | | family, and many friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Shannon Smith, and we extend our sincere condolences to his | 12 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 13 | | further
| 14 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 | | presented to the family of Shannon Smith as an expression of | 16 | | our deepest sympathy.
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