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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 Leroy J. Ducksworth of |
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| Fairview Heights on August 13, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ducksworth was born February 9, 1922, in East |
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| St. Louis; he was a U.S. Army Air Corps veteran and had |
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| attained the rank of staff sergeant while in the service from |
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| 1942 to 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, He was
a retired superintendent of East St. Louis |
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| School District 189; he was also a former assistant principal |
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| and principal of East St. Louis Senior High
School; he had also |
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| taught at Monroe Elementary School; and
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| WHEREAS, He was a member of the Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, |
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| Inc.; Southern Cross Masonic Lodge 112 Pricne Hall; Tyree |
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| Consistory 64, Aahmes Temple 132; and Grand Inspector General; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, William |
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| and Annie L., nee Taggart, Ducksworth; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Leroy Ducksworth is felt by all who |
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| knew and loved him, especially his nieces and nephews, Barbara |
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| J. Good, Carolyn (Eddie Sr.) Cook, Janet M. (Alphonso Sr.) |
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| Williams, Erickson L. (Carolyn) Ducksworth, Muriel (Michael |
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| Sr.) Williams, Pamela L. Ducksworth, Denise D. Ducksworth, |
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| Daryl Ducksworth, Doris J. (John)
Watson, Karen C. Coleman, |
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| Richard (Linda) Ducksworth, Ann M. Murray, and William |
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| Ducksworth; and a
host of great and great-great-nieces and |
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| nephews, other relatives, 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 |