Full Text of SR0123 94th General Assembly
SR0123 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 Percy Jerome Burnett of | 4 |
| Chicago on March 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Burnett was born on February 16, 1927, to the | 6 |
| union of John and Blanche Burnett in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He married his high school sweetheart, Vivian | 8 |
| Tolbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Percy, or Mr. P, as he was affectionately | 10 |
| known, attended Medill Grammar and High School in Chicago; he | 11 |
| joined the United States Army in 1945 and later received an | 12 |
| honorable discharge; he retired from Dad's Old Fashioned Root | 13 |
| Beer Company in Chicago after 35 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, He was baptized at the Mercy Seat Baptist Church | 15 |
| in Chicago by the late Reverend Waller; all who knew and loved | 16 |
| him will miss his hearty laughter and bright smile; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, | 18 |
| and one brother, Lamar Burnett; and
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| WHEREAS, He leaves to cherish his memory his loving | 20 |
| companion of twenty years, Mellow Lee Beasley; his sisters, | 21 |
| Connie Wonten and Ora Lee Scott; his sister-in-law, Bernice | 22 |
| Burnett; a special daughter, Barbara (husband, Melvin, Sr.) | 23 |
| Lightford; his four grandchildren and eight | 24 |
| great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, | 25 |
| and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford and the Lightford | 27 |
| Family will always remember the loving kindness and support Mr. | 28 |
| P. gave each of them over the many years; the memory of his |
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| smile warms their hearts when they remember the great times | 2 |
| spent together as a family and the love he had for their | 3 |
| Granny; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 5 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that even as his death is | 6 |
| mourned, we give thanks for the blessing of Percy Jerome | 7 |
| Burnett's life and extend our sincerest condolences to his | 8 |
| family and friends, whose grief we share; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 11 |
| sympathy.
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