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90_SR0142
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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to
3 extend their sincere sympathies to the family of David "Big
4 Jack" Jackson, who passed away on December 31, 1997; and
5 WHEREAS, The second of five children born to Isaac and
6 Clara Jackson, David was born on July 22, 1918 in Bossier
7 Parrish, Louisiana; his family moved to Chicago while David
8 was still young, settling in the Morgan Park area; David
9 attended John D. Shoop Elementary School and Morgan Park High
10 School; David attended Wilson Junior College where he played
11 football; David received early religious training at Mount
12 Calvary Baptist Church; and
13 WHEREAS, David Jackson was wed to Wardell Appling on
14 August 1, 1942; together they raised seven children; David
15 Jackson worked as a welding foreman at Tuskegee Air Force
16 Base during World War II; David was later inducted into the
17 United States Navy, where he was honorably discharged in
18 1946; and
19 WHEREAS, David Jackson retired from the Chicago Police
20 Department after thirty years; David received many honorable
21 mentions while serving with the Chicago Police; after his
22 retirement, David enrolled at Olive Harvey College at the age
23 of sixty-three; his focus of study was Physics and Calculus,
24 and he took a variety of courses with an emphasis in the two
25 areas; David spent many hours at study, maintaining an A and
26 B average; and
27 WHEREAS, David Jackson is survived by his loving wife,
28 Wardell; his children, Karol, Don, Errol (Valarie), Dexter,
29 and Marilyn; his thirteen grandchildren; his fourteen
30 great-grandchildren; his brother, Isaac Jackson and his wife,
31 Myrna; his sister-in-law, Ella Miller; his brother-in-law,
32 Earnest Appling and his wife, Francis;and a host of nieces
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1 and nephews, relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
2 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
3 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with his
4 family and friends, the death of David Jackson; and be it
5 further
6 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of David Jackson.