Full Text of SR1769 99th 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 Richard Powell, Jr.; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Richard Powell, Jr. was born in Indianapolis, | 5 | | Indiana to Leona McDonald and Richard Powell, Sr. on September | 6 | | 30, 1931; he attended Crispus Attucks High School and was an | 7 | | honor roll student; he joined the United States Air Force in | 8 | | August of 1950 and served until September of 1953; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, After the Korean War, Richard Powell, Jr. | 10 | | participated in the sport of boxing, becoming known as "Dick | 11 | | the Stick"; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Richard Powell, Jr. was a member of The Word | 13 | | Evangelistic Church; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Richard Powell, Jr. was preceded in death by his | 15 | | parents; his siblings, Jessie (Mary Barbara) McDonald, Floyd | 16 | | (Loreen) Walton, and Berniece Walton; his son, Orlando Powell; | 17 | | his grandchildren, Hinisha and Sasha; his niece, Terri; and his | 18 | | special friend, O'neal; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Richard Powell, Jr. is survived by his three | 20 | | daughters, Gloria (Walter) Jones, Carmenda Staple, and Latwan |
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| 1 | | (James) Harry; his stepchildren, Kim, Millitye, Nicole, Tanya, | 2 | | and Keith; his grandchildren, Shaleandra, Shamirah, Vernisha, | 3 | | Walter, Kenya, Kenny, Antwon, Lloyd, James Jr., Kiana, Lil | 4 | | Jeremiah, Jeremiah, Geremiah, Keanquntrell, Orlando Jr., | 5 | | Marlando, Terrance, Derrick, and Lawanda; his nieces, Karen, | 6 | | Adriane, Janine, and Talja; his two nephews, Jessie Jr. and | 7 | | Randall; his 21 great-grandchildren; and his special friends, | 8 | | Donald, Chuck, and Apache; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 | | Richard Powell, Jr., and 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 Richard Powell, Jr. as an expression | 16 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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