Full Text of SR1343 98th 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 Julian "Jerry" Daggett of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on January 31, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Julian Daggett was born in Merriweather, South | 6 | | Carolina on January 1, 1926 to Julian and Lillie Mae Daggett; | 7 | | he attended Chicago Public Schools and Crane Junior College | 8 | | (now Malcolm X College); he served his country in the United | 9 | | States Army at the end of World War II and married Illinois | 10 | | Causey on January 19, 1946; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Julian Daggett returned home after his service and | 12 | | became part of the first class of African-Americans to graduate | 13 | | from the Chicago Police Academy; during the 1960s and 1970s, as | 14 | | Chicago was in the midst of the Civil Rights Movement, he took | 15 | | a strong stance against the discriminatory practices of the | 16 | | Chicago Police Department and became one of the original | 17 | | members of The Afro-American Patrolman's League; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Julian Daggett was preceded in death by his wife | 19 | | of 60 years, Illinois Causey; and
| 20 | | WHEREAS, Julian Daggett is survived by his children, Julian | 21 | | Daggett, Jr., Dorothy Sharon (Albert) Grant, Karen Walker, |
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| 1 | | Gregory (Stephanie) Daggett, Reginald Daggett, Antonio (Veda) | 2 | | Daggett, Illa (Marvin) Doss, Danielle (Collin) Ferguson, | 3 | | Nicole Daggett, Henry (Laura) Jones, and Jerome Jones; | 4 | | sister-in-law, Florida Dixon; brother-in-law, Henry Causey; 32 | 5 | | grandchildren; 8 great-grandchildren; and an abundance of | 6 | | relatives and friends; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 8 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 9 | | Julian "Jerry" Daggett, and extend our sincere condolences to | 10 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 11 | | further
| 12 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 | | presented to the family of Julian Daggett as an expression of | 14 | | our deepest sympathy.
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