Full Text of SR0156 096th General Assembly
SR0156 96TH 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
I.J. Gardner, who passed away on February | 4 |
| 16, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner was born on October 29, 1949 in | 6 |
| Mendenhall, Mississippi; his parents were K.C. and Lillie | 7 |
| Gardner; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner attended Farragut High School, the | 9 |
| University of Illinois Circle Campus, and Haverford College in | 10 |
| Pennsylvania, where he graduated with a master's degree in | 11 |
| journalism; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner served as a precinct captain and was | 13 |
| an employee of the City of Chicago's Department of Streets and | 14 |
| Sanitation, where he made many friends; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner confessed his faith in Christ at an | 16 |
| early age; he was baptized at St. Peter M.B. Church, where he | 17 |
| attended until he and his family moved to Chicago and he united | 18 |
| with First Baptist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner was preceded in death by his father, | 20 |
| K.C., and his brother, Milton; and
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| WHEREAS, I.J. Gardner is survived by his mother, Lillie; | 2 |
| his sons, Ikari and Daevion; his grandsons, Ikari, Jr., | 3 |
| Javonte, and Theodric; his brothers, Kasey and Jim; his | 4 |
| sisters, Peggie, Sandra, and Glenda; his uncles, George, James, | 5 |
| Ray, and Timmy; his aunts, Vernie and Hazel; his special | 6 |
| cousin, Naomi; and his many nieces, nephews, in-laws, and | 7 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| his family and friends, the passing of I.J. Gardner; and be it | 11 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of I.J. Gardner as an expression of our | 14 |
| sympathy.
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