Full Text of HR0902 94th General Assembly
HR0902 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the | 3 |
| State of Illinois learned with sadness of the death in Iraq of | 4 |
| Specialist Brian Albert Wright of Keensburg on Tuesday, | 5 |
| December 6, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Specialist Wright was serving in Ar Ramadi, Iraq, | 7 |
| as an engineer with the 135th Engineering Company A of the | 8 |
| Illinois National Guard, Lawrenceville unit; he received the | 9 |
| Bronze Star and the Purple Heart posthumously; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on December 27, 1985, in Mt. Carmel to | 11 |
| Allan L. and Shirley A. (Kinder) Wright; he was a 2004 graduate | 12 |
| of Mt. Carmel High School, where he played football for two | 13 |
| years and was a member of the wrestling and tennis teams and | 14 |
| the choir; he was a member of the Keensburg Fire Department and | 15 |
| Keensburg Christian Church; he was an employee of Buehler's | 16 |
| Buy-Low in Mt. Carmel; and
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| WHEREAS, He enjoyed playing the guitar and being in the | 18 |
| church band; he participated in the Best of Broadway production | 19 |
| at Wabash Valley College for two years and enjoyed | 20 |
| Revolutionary War re-enactments; and
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| WHEREAS, He loved sports, music, and golf, was deeply | 22 |
| patriotic, and had a deep faith in God; he also played T-ball | 23 |
| in Bellmont and made the Mt. Carmel All Stars twice; he was a | 24 |
| Pittsburg Steelers fan and attended Evansville Otters baseball | 25 |
| games as well as games in St. Louis; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Specialist Brian Albert Wright has | 27 |
| been deeply felt by many, especially his parents, Allan and | 28 |
| Shirley Wright; his brother, David A. and Danielle (Cobb) | 29 |
| Wright; his sister, Rachelle L. Wright; his special friend, | 30 |
| Marisa Mains; his grandparents, Leonard R. and Glenda L. |
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| (Wease) Wright; his aunts and uncles, Wes and Theresa (Wright) | 2 |
| Hawthorne, Ken and Lil (Kinder), Bonnie (Kinder) Weaver, Terry | 3 |
| and Judy (Kinder) Barker, Beverly Kinder, John and Lisa Kinder; | 4 |
| all of Painesville, Ohio; and his many cousins; he was preceded | 5 |
| in death by his maternal grandparents, Carl and Dorothy Kinder, | 6 |
| and his aunt, Sherry Lesler; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 |
| NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 |
| we mourn the passing of Specialist Brian A. Wright, and we | 10 |
| extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who | 11 |
| knew and loved him; and be it further | 12 |
| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Specialist Wright and | 13 |
| his willingness to serve his country, which led to him making | 14 |
| the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest | 17 |
| condolences.
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