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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  were saddened to learn of the death of Alvin
 4    W. Britton of Chicago on January 26, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Britton  was  the  fifth  child  of  eight
 6    children and was born on July 25, 1938  in  Chicago  to  Emma
 7    Louise Blake and Homer C. Britton Sr.; and

 8        WHEREAS,   On   March  7,  1959,  Mr.  Britton  and  Joan
 9    Lillybridge were united  in  holy  matrimony  and  from  this
10    union, there were two children born, Anthony and Alvina; and

11        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Britton was educated at Douglas Elementary
12    School and DuSable  High  School;  he  earned  an  Associates
13    Degree  in  1960  from  Wilson  Junior  College;  in 1971, he
14    received a Bachelor of Arts  in  Criminal  Justice  from  the
15    University of Illinois at Chicago; during the spring of 1981,
16    he  joined  the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity; his commitment to
17    learning did not end there, he went on  to  receive  a  Juris
18    Doctorate from LaSalle University, and he was a member of the
19    National Conference of Black Lawyers (N.C.B.L.); he completed
20    his  academic  education in 1991 with an Adjunct Professor of
21    Law Degree from LaSalle University; and

22        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Britton's  professional  career   included
23    thirty  years  with  the  Chicago  Police Department, several
24    years as one of the Administrative  Assistants  to  the  late
25    Alderman  Loraine  Dixon,  and  his most current position was
26    Supervisor of Investigators in the Public Defender's  Office;
27    and

28        WHEREAS,  His  passing  will be deeply felt by all of his
29    friends and family, especially his  lovely  wife,  Joan;  his
30    son, Anthony (Lisa); his daughter, Alvina; his granddaughter,
31    Staci    (Terrance);    his    grandson,    Tony;   his   two
 
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 1    great-grandchildren; his mother,  Emma  Louise  Britton;  his
 2    sisters,  Lois  (Charles), Darlene (Robbie), Loretta (James),
 3    and Lilly (John); and his many nieces, nephews, and  cousins;
 4    and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Britton was preceded in death by his father,
 6    Homer  C.  Britton Sr.; and three of his siblings; therefore,
 7    be it

 8        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 9    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
10    we mourn the death of Alvin W. Britton, along  with  all  who
11    knew  and  loved him, and extend our sincerest condolences to
12    his family and friends; and be it further

13        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
14    presented  to the family of Alvin W. Britton as an expression
15    of our sympathy.