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90_SR0065
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened
3 to learn of the death of Mr. Lee Franklin DePriest of East
4 St. Louis, Illinois; and
5 WHEREAS, Lee DePriest was born February 12, 1925 in
6 Newbern, Tennessee; Lee was the oldest son of Henry and Mary
7 E. (Lewis) DePriest; Lee completed high school in Newbern and
8 developed his interest in hunting, community, and
9 Christianity; as a young man he moved to East St. Louis,
10 Illinois; and
11 WHEREAS, In 1943 Mr. DePriest was drafted into the United
12 States Army; he received an Honorable Discharge in 1946,
13 achieving the rank of Staff Sergeant; he returned to East St.
14 Louis and went to work for the Swift Packing House and
15 Granite City Steel; he went on to work for Cerro Brass and
16 Copper, where he worked as a machinist and served on the
17 credit union board before his retirement in 1974; and
18 WHEREAS, Mr. DePriest went on to study Labor Relations at
19 Illinois State University; in 1982 he became Precinct
20 Committeeman of Precinct 35 in East St. Louis, a position he
21 held until 1986; in 1984 he was appointed Deputy Assessor of
22 St. Clair County in Illinois, where he served until December
23 of 1992; and
24 WHEREAS, Mr. DePriest became an Advisor and
25 Administrative Aide for the Honorable Mayor Gordon Bush of
26 East St. Louis, Illinois; Mr. DePriest served as Chairman of
27 the Clyde Jordan Senior Citizens Program, President of the
28 East St. Louis Public Library Board, Director of the Victims
29 of Crime Program for the State of Illinois, as well as
30 serving on the Metropolitan Community College Foster
31 Grandparents Program Board; and
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1 WHEREAS, Mr. DePriest was an active member of Mt. Zion
2 Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon, member of the
3 Board of Trustees, President of Ministry I, member of Usher
4 Board #1, and advocate of the Senior Citizen's Program; and
5 WHEREAS, Mr. DePriest was a member of the Elks Hercules
6 Lodge #90, a member of the Veteran's of Foreign Wars, and a
7 Mason with affiliations including Master Mason of Southern
8 Cross Lodge #112 F. & A.M. 33, member of Tyree Consistory
9 #64, Past Potentate of Aahmes Temple #132, and Past Worthy
10 Patron of Eastern Light #68 O.E.S.; and
11 WHEREAS, Mr. DePriest is survived by his daughters, Mrs.
12 Mary E. Cotton, and Ms. Tracy DePriest; his son Mr. Ocie
13 Melvin Nevelles; his oldest grandchild Mr. Anthony Cotton and
14 his wife Dorothy; grandsons Masters Anthony, Arban, and
15 Courtney DePriest; his granddaughter Miss Jalysa DePriest;
16 his brother Mr. William DePriest and his wife Vera; Ms. Lydia
17 Nevels and her children Jenifer and Jeremy; Mr. T. Herbert
18 Cotton and Mrs. Sarah Cotton; his dear friends and other
19 relatives, as well as the citizens of East St. Louis,
20 Illinois; therefore, be it
21 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
22 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our sympathy to the
23 family of Mr. Lee Franklin DePriest of East St. Louis,
24 Illinois; and be it further
25 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to the family of Mr. Lee Franklin DePriest.