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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 Percy Jerome Burnett of |
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| Chicago on March 15, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Burnett was born on February 16, 1927, to the |
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| union of John and Blanche Burnett in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He married his high school sweetheart, Vivian |
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| Tolbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Percy, or Mr. P, as he was affectionately |
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| known, attended Medill Grammar and High School in Chicago; he |
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| joined the United States Army in 1945 and later received an |
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| honorable discharge; he retired from Dad's Old Fashioned Root |
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| Beer Company in Chicago after 35 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, He was baptized at the Mercy Seat Baptist Church |
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| in Chicago by the late Reverend Waller; all who knew and loved |
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| him will miss his hearty laughter and bright smile; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, his wife, |
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| and one brother, Lamar Burnett; and
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| WHEREAS, He leaves to cherish his memory his loving |
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| companion of twenty years, Mellow Lee Beasley; his sisters, |
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| Connie Wonten and Ora Lee Scott; his sister-in-law, Bernice |
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| Burnett; a special daughter, Barbara (husband, Melvin, Sr.) |
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| Lightford; his four grandchildren and eight |
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| great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, |
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| and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Senator Kimberly A. Lightford and the Lightford |
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| Family will always remember the loving kindness and support Mr. |
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| P. gave each of them over the many years; the memory of his |