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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of James L. Heavens of East |
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| St. Louis on January 25, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Clifton, Mississippi on September |
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| 23, 1923 to the union of Conner Ree (Mary Hughes) Heavens; he |
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| was the oldest child of three children born to this union, two |
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| of whom preceded him in death, Conner Ree Heavens, II and Rt. |
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| Lt Colonel Josephus Heavens; and
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| WHEREAS, He received his formal education from the Brighton |
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| Public School District in Brighton, Alabama and was a member of |
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| the First Baptist Church; after graduation from high school, he |
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| relocated to East St. Louis and obtained employment with Swift & |
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| Company as a certified butcher; his highest career |
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| accomplishment was when he was elected as the first black |
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| Vice-President and later President of Local 78 Amalgated Meat |
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| Cutters & Butcher Workmen of N.A. AFL-CIO; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Margie Vaught and joined the St. Paul |
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| Baptist Church where he served as a Deacon and Sunday School |
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| reviewer; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of James L. Heavens is felt by all who |
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| knew and loved him, especially his devoted wife, Margie; his |
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| son, Levester (Hethalene) Heavens; his grandchildren, Jerome |
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| (Patti) Heavens, Crystal Heavens, and Jimmie Heavens; his |
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| great-grandchildren, Dameion (Kimberly) Heavens, Jerome |
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| Heavens, II, Nakeya Mosby, Christian Heavens, and Tiffany |
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| Heavens; his sister-in-law, Jean E. Heavens; his aunt, Mamie |
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| Hughes; his special friends, Lucille Rayford, Ernestine Rives, |
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| and Menola Upshaw; and a host of nieces,
nephews, cousins, |
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| other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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