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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Roy W. Kenney, Jr.,
of Belleville, passed away 
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February 21, 2005; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Kenney  was born May 3, 1922, in East St. 
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Louis, to the union of Roy and Katherine Kenney (nee Fletcher); 
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he was the second of six children; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He attended Dunbar Elementary School and 
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graduated from Lincoln Senior High School in June 1940; he 
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received his pre-medical training at Southern Illinois 
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University at Carbondale, the University of Illinois at 
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Urbana-Champaign, the University of Vermont at Burlington, and 
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the University of Wisconsin at Madison; he received his medical 
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education from Meharry Medical College in Nashville, Tennessee 
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and graduated in June of 1947; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He received post-graduate training in medicine by 
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way of an internship at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. 
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Louis, Missouri from 1947 to 1948; he completed his surgical 
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residency in general surgery at Veterans Administration 
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Hospital and John Andrews Hospital in Tuskegee, Alabama, 
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Veterans Administration Hospital and St. Elizabeth's Hospital 
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in Dayton, Ohio, and Children's Hospital and Ohio State 
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University in Columbus, Ohio; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Kenney  practiced medicine and surgery for a 
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total of 37 1/2 years in East St. Louis; he was on the medical 
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staff of St. Mary's, Christian Welfare & Community, and 
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Centreville Hospitals; he was past-president of the medical 
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staff at Christian Welfare Hospital; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He held the office of treasurer of the St. Clair 
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County Medical Society for two years; he was a member of the 
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Illinois State Medical Society, the American Medical 
 


 






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Association, the National Medical Association, and the 
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Southern Illinois Medical Association; he was a member of Alpha 
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Phi Alpha Fraternity, Chi Delta Mu Medical Fraternity, NAACP, 
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and the steward board at Pilgrim Temple C.M.E. Church; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Dr. Kenney  married Dorothy Lucille Anderson on 
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June 14, 1947; they had three children, Cheryl, Deborah, and 
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Roy Wesley, III; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his wife, his son, and 
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two siblings; and

 
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    WHEREAS, The passing of Dr. Kenney is felt by all who knew 
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and loved him, especially his daughters, Cheryl McKinney and 
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Deborah Kenney; his granddaughter, Perchell McKinney; his 
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sisters, Dorothy Austin and Katherine Brown; his brother, 
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Howard (Jane) Kenney; his nieces and nephews; his 
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sisters-in-law, Retha Fant, Ora Kenney, Rebia Kenney and 
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Alberta Anderson; his other relatives; and his loving church 
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family and friends; therefore, be it

 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE  SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
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Dr. Roy Kenney, Jr., and extend our sincerest condolences to 
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his family, friends, and community; and be it further

 
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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to his family as an expression of our deepest 
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sympathy.