Full Text of SR0470 95th General Assembly
SR0470 95TH 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
U.S. Army Private DeWayne Lenell White of | 4 |
| Country Club Hills, who was killed in action in Bayji, Iraq on | 5 |
| December 4, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne Lenell White was born on February | 7 |
| 20, 1980 in Chicago; his parents were Lenell White Jr. and | 8 |
| Sandra E. Ireland-White; he was baptized on March 20, 1980 at | 9 |
| St. Raphael Catholic Church; he married Syneca Beach on | 10 |
| February 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White lived at Homestead Air Force | 12 |
| Base in Florida until the age of 4, when he and his family | 13 |
| moved to Chicago, living in the Englewood community; while in | 14 |
| Englewood, he attended St. Raphael Elementary School and Curie | 15 |
| High School; and
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| WHEREAS, When Private DeWayne White's family moved to | 17 |
| Country Club Hills during his senior year, he earned his GED | 18 |
| and started training to be a welder through the Job Corps; he | 19 |
| proceeded to work a series of jobs in Tennessee and Kansas, | 20 |
| among other places; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White joined the United States |
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| Army in November 2004, along with his brother, DeShaun; he was | 2 |
| stationed at Fort Campbell, Kentucky, where he was assigned to | 3 |
| the First Battalion, 327th Infantry Regiment, First Brigade | 4 |
| Combat Team, of the 101st Airborne Division; in September of | 5 |
| 2005, he was sent to Iraq to serve a one-year tour of duty; in | 6 |
| September of 2007, he was sent again to serve in Iraq, where he | 7 |
| remained until his untimely passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White enjoyed dancing, drawing | 9 |
| cartoons of hip-hop characters, writing poetry, rapping, and | 10 |
| playing pool and Playstation; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White is survived by his wife, | 12 |
| Syneca; his mother, Sandra; his step-father, Chester L. Miller | 13 |
| Sr.; his father, Lenell White Jr. (Renee); his brothers, | 14 |
| DeShaun White, Edwin White, and Chester Miller Jr.; his | 15 |
| sisters, Nekita Miller, DeJanee White, and Kimberly | 16 |
| Miller-Highsmith; his grandmother, Geneva White; his | 17 |
| grandfather, Paul Miller Sr.; his special nieces, Jaida and | 18 |
| Makaila; his mother-in-law, Kova Thicklin; his brother-in-law, | 19 |
| Seth Beach; and his many other loving relatives and friends; | 20 |
| and | 21 |
| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White will be remembered by all | 22 |
| who knew and loved him as a loving, happy person who loved to | 23 |
| give what he could to those in need; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| his family and friends, the passing of U.S. Army Private | 4 |
| DeWayne Lenell White; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private DeWayne | 6 |
| Lenell White and his willingness to serve our country which led | 7 |
| to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further | 8 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 |
| presented to the family of Private DeWayne Lenell White as an | 10 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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