Full Text of SR1874 100th 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 Eddie L. Brown Sr., who passed away on | 4 | | June 26, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Brown Sr. was born in Helena, Arkansas to | 6 | | George and Annie Brown on September 8, 1928; he was the second | 7 | | of five children; he committed to his faith at an early age and | 8 | | worshiped at New Life Baptist Church in Helena, Arkansas; born | 9 | | during the Great Depression, he helped to provide for his | 10 | | family and still found time for his passions of playing | 11 | | football, fishing, dancing, singing, and especially driving; | 12 | | at the age of 16, he joined the United States Army, where he | 13 | | served as a Medical Technician at Brooks General Hospital at | 14 | | Fort Sam Houston in Texas; in 1948, he transferred to Fort | 15 | | Benning in Georgia, where he completed psychiatric training to | 16 | | further assist in serving his fellow soldiers; he received an | 17 | | honorable discharge and relocated to Chicago; he met his wife, | 18 | | Doris L. Watkins in 1955; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Brown Sr. began working in the cafeteria at | 20 | | Walgreens Drug Store in 1954; he then became a mail carrier for | 21 | | the United States Post Office; after leaving his job with the | 22 | | post office, he worked as a jet fuel dispenser for the United | 23 | | States Army at O'Hare Airport; next, he took a position with |
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| 1 | | the City of Chicago Streets and Sanitation Department; he then | 2 | | followed his passion and joined Cordin Motor Freight Company as | 3 | | a driver, in partnership with Bob Driscol; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, In 1968, Eddie Brown Sr. and his wife became the | 5 | | first African American family to join St. Catherine of Siena | 6 | | Parish in Oak Park; for the past 50 years, he faithfully | 7 | | attended Sunday worship, sang in the gospel choir, and | 8 | | volunteered for many social and fundraising events; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Brown Sr. had a life full of family events, | 10 | | community advocacy, and traveling with his wife and children; | 11 | | he enjoyed cooking, telling family stories, and working on his | 12 | | home; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Brown Sr. was preceded in death by his | 14 | | parents; his siblings, Velma, Evelyn, George-Ella, and James; | 15 | | and his granddaughter, Natasha Latrice; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Eddie Brown Sr. is survived by his wife of 62 | 17 | | years, Doris; his children, Derrick, Timothy, Orvelle | 18 | | (Valencia), Jarrie, Monica (Harold), and Marla (fiance | 19 | | Anthony); his daughter-in-law, Felicia; his grandchildren, | 20 | | Tashona, Demetrius, Jannen, Jessica, Lomont, Ricardo, Paris, | 21 | | Kenyatta, Exa, Shareena, Arvelle (AJ), Xaviea, Jarrie Marie, | 22 | | Kye, Khodee, Marion III "Tre", Marcus, Harold, Mikayla, Myia, |
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| 1 | | and Dion Jr.; his five great-grandchildren; his four | 2 | | great-great-grandchildren; his brothers-in-law; his | 3 | | sisters-in-law; his many nieces, nephews, and cousins; and his | 4 | | adopted grandchildren; therefore, be it
| 5 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 6 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 7 | | Eddie L. Brown Sr. and extend our sincere condolences to his | 8 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 9 | | further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Eddie Brown Sr. as an expression of | 12 | | our deepest sympathy.
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