Full Text of HR0908 096th General Assembly
HR0908 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
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| States Air Force Senior Airman Bradley Smith of Troy, who | 5 |
| passed away on January 3, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was born on September | 7 |
| 11, 1985, in Little Rock, Arkansas; his parents are Gary and | 8 |
| Paula, nee Forrest, Smith; he married Tiffany Finley on | 9 |
| February 19, 2008, in Monterey, California; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith graduated from Triad | 11 |
| High School in 2004; during high school, he was a member of the | 12 |
| football team; and
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| WHEREAS, On December 19, 2006, Senior Airman Bradley Smith | 14 |
| joined the United States Air Force; after basic training, where | 15 |
| he was an honor graduate, he was assigned to the 10th Air | 16 |
| Support Operations Squadron as a joint terminal attack | 17 |
| controller in Fort Riley, Kansas and was highly trained in air | 18 |
| assault, pathfinder, and airborne qualifications; he was | 19 |
| posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his service in | 20 |
| Afghanistan; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was previously a |
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| member at Bethel Baptist Church, where he was active with the | 2 |
| church's youth ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was preceded in death | 4 |
| by his maternal grandfather, retired Master Sergeant Jesie | 5 |
| Forrest, and his paternal grandfather, Elmer Smith; and | 6 |
| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith is survived by his | 7 |
| wife, Tiffany; his parents, Gary and Paula; his daughter, Chloe | 8 |
| Lynn Smith; his brother and fiancee, Staff Sergeant Gary Ryan | 9 |
| Smith and Shawna Dorman; his paternal grandparents, retired | 10 |
| Sergeant Major Don and Barbara McBeth and Rebecca Smith; his | 11 |
| maternal grandmother, Fannie Mae Forrest; his mother-in-law | 12 |
| and father-in-law, Stanley and Valerie Tucker; his | 13 |
| sisters-in-law, Hannah and Jennifer Tucker; and his many other | 14 |
| extended family members and dear friends; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith's patriotism and | 16 |
| courage will be remembered fondly by his loving family, his | 17 |
| fellow soldiers, and the citizens of our grateful nation; | 18 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 20 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 21 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Senior | 22 |
| Airman Bradley Smith; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Senior Airman Bradley Smith as an | 3 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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