Full Text of HR0651 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Kyle C. | 4 | | Matthews of Chicago, who passed away on October 30, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on May 30, 1979 in Chicago to Kyle | 6 | | Smith and Dedra Matthews; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, He grew up in Chicago and Oak Park; he attended | 8 | | Whittier Elementary School, Emerson Junior High, and graduated | 9 | | from Oak Park/River Forest High School, where he excelled in | 10 | | academics and was the star running back of the football team; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He accepted Christ at an early age and was | 13 | | baptized under the leadership of Reverend Bertha Stokes; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He worked for the United States Postal Service for | 15 | | many years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his grandfathers, | 17 | | Charles Matthews and Fred Smith; and his cousin, Michael | 18 | | McClain; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Kyle Matthews is survived by his daughters, |
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| 1 | | Treviona (Lashon), Kayla (Kahlonii), and Jada (Amber); his | 2 | | mother, Dedra (Ulysses); his father, Kyle (Elaine); his | 3 | | grandmother, Nellie Matthews; his grandfather, Edward | 4 | | Phillips; his brothers, Frederick Matthews and Ja'Quory Smith; | 5 | | his sisters, Keisha White, Tanya Eiland, and Faysia MacArthur; | 6 | | his uncle, Bradley Keith Phillips; his great uncle, Donald L. | 7 | | Anthony; his special uncles, Dennis Nichol and Reginald | 8 | | "Akkeem" Berry; his aunt, Nijela Kimberly Phillips; his special | 9 | | aunts, Brenda Burris and Janice McClain; his nieces, Fhaysia | 10 | | and Madesyn; and a host of cousins and friends; therefore, be | 11 | | it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 13 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 14 | | we mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 15 | | Kyle Matthews; and be it further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Kyle Matthews as a symbol of our | 18 | | sincere sympathy.
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