Full Text of SR0833 094th General Assembly
SR0833 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Petty Officer Jesse | 4 |
| Lawrence Franklin Jr. of Chicago, on June 20, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on June 16, 1984, to Sheryl and Jesse | 6 |
| Franklin; as a child he enjoyed going to Vocational Bible | 7 |
| School and attending Henderson Elementary; he graduated from | 8 |
| Dunbar Vocational High School having excelled while there, | 9 |
| making the Honor Roll nearly every semester; and
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| WHEREAS, Following high school, he often took jobs that | 11 |
| allowed him to work closely with family members; he worked with | 12 |
| his cousin, Richard, at West Loop Auto, and with his brother, | 13 |
| Kristopher, his sister, Keyauna, and his cousin, Corey, at the | 14 |
| Spirit of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, In September of 2004, he enlisted in the United | 16 |
| States Navy and was stationed in Norfolk, Virginia, on the USS | 17 |
| Washington, working in the security and engineering fields; and
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| WHEREAS, He was united in marriage to LaTiana Bryant in | 19 |
| April of 2005, with the couple expecting their first child in | 20 |
| December of 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Petty Officer Jesse Lawrence | 22 |
| Franklin Jr. has been deeply felt by many, especially his | 23 |
| parents, Sheryl and Jesse Franklin Sr.; his unborn child; his | 24 |
| wife, LaTiana Franklin; his grandmother, June Brownlee; his | 25 |
| grandfather, Guy Brownlee; his step-grandfather, Barney | 26 |
| Fordham, his sisters, Keyauna (Yul) and Tyricka Franklin, | 27 |
| LaTarsha and Rekia Carothers; his brothers, Kristopher | 28 |
| Franklin, Jesse and Jeremy Carothers; his nieces, Keyhala | 29 |
| Franklin, LaTaisha, Takira, Kiara, and Jakiyah Carothers; his | 30 |
| nephews, Kristopher Franklin Jr., Tommie, Tyler, Keshawn, and |
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| Joshua Carothers; his mother-in-law and father-in-law, Rhonda | 2 |
| and Levester Bryant Sr.; his brother-in-law, Levester Bryant | 3 |
| Jr.; his sisters-in-law, Latrice, LaRissa, and Leontyne | 4 |
| Bryant; his favorite cousins, Corey and Shardae Wilson and | 5 |
| Richard (Rakim) and Pamela Franklin; his great aunts, Mae | 6 |
| Thomas (T) and Diana Alexander; his aunts, Shelia and Shawn | 7 |
| Brownlee, Barbara, Mary, and Dorothy Franklin; his uncles, | 8 |
| Calvin Wilson, James Alexander, Sam, Calvin, Jerry, Charles, | 9 |
| and Willie Franklin; too many friends to name; and a host of | 10 |
| cousins and other relatives; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 12 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 |
| Petty Officer Jesse Lawrence Franklin Jr., and we extend our | 14 |
| sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | 15 |
| and loved him; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 18 |
| sympathy.
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