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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the House of Representatives of the |
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| State of Illinois were saddened to learn of the untimely death |
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| of Duranthony Evans of Aurora, which occurred on October 31, |
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| 2004, when he was killed in a random drive-by shooting in |
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| Aurora; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born on August 16, 1970, to Dorothy Thomas; |
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| he graduated from Aurora East High School in 1988; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Evans was an Elder/Reverend at The Greater |
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| Mount Olive Church of God in Christ; he was active in |
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| ministering to the congregation and in the service of the youth |
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| program; he was a Youth Supervisor at IYC-St. Charles for six |
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| years, where he was very determined in his efforts to do the |
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| Lord's work; he was the officer that had an open ear and an |
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| even greater heart for young people that were having trouble |
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| coping with the problems that they were experiencing; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Evans' care and diligence for his fellow |
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| officers gave many a co-worker peace and laughter; he knew when |
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| to offer advice and when to make the stress of the place drop |
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| by cracking a smile or a joke; his work ethic and his talent to |
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| help other people were the threads holding the seams of the |
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| facility together; and
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| WHEREAS, Duranthony Evans never asked for recognition or |
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| praise; if a person was down, he told them to get on his back |
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| and he was going to see them through; he is loved and missed by |
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| all; and
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| WHEREAS, His younger brother, Carl Thomas, a famous R&B |
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| singer, started The Duranthony Evans Foundation to fight the |
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| spread of anger, fear, and violence between people of different |
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| races and to stop the spread of "Urban Terrorism" in the United |