Full Text of SR0085 094th General Assembly
SR0085 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 James L. Heavens of East | 4 |
| St. Louis on January 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Clifton, Mississippi on September | 6 |
| 23, 1923 to the union of Conner Ree (Mary Hughes) Heavens; he | 7 |
| was the oldest child of three children born to this union, two | 8 |
| of whom preceded him in death, Conner Ree Heavens, II and Rt. | 9 |
| Lt Colonel Josephus Heavens; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his formal education from the Brighton | 11 |
| Public School District in Brighton, Alabama and was a member of | 12 |
| the First Baptist Church; after graduation from high school, he | 13 |
| relocated to East St. Louis and obtained employment with Swift & | 14 |
| Company as a certified butcher; his highest career | 15 |
| accomplishment was when he was elected as the first black | 16 |
| Vice-President and later President of Local 78 Amalgated Meat | 17 |
| Cutters & Butcher Workmen of N.A. AFL-CIO; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Margie Vaught and joined the St. Paul | 19 |
| Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School | 20 |
| reviewer; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James L. Heavens is felt by all who | 22 |
| knew and loved him, especially his devoted wife, Margie; his | 23 |
| son, Levester (Hethalene) Heavens; his grandchildren, Jerome | 24 |
| (Patti) Heavens, Crystal Heavens, and Jimmie Heavens; his | 25 |
| great-grandchildren, Dameion (Kimberly) Heavens, Jerome | 26 |
| Heavens, II, Nakeya Mosby, Christian Heavens, and Tiffany | 27 |
| Heavens; his sister-in-law, Jean E. Heavens; his aunt, Mamie | 28 |
| Hughes; his special friends, Lucille Rayford, Ernestine Rives, | 29 |
| and Menola Upshaw; and a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins, | 30 |
| other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 3 |
| James L. Heavens and we extend our sincerest condolences to his | 4 |
| family, friends, and community; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 7 |
| sympathy.
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