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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of |
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| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of DeWayne |
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| Lenell White, who passed away on December 4, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, DeWayne White was born on February 20, 1980 to |
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| Lenell White, Jr. and Sandra E. Ireland-White in Chicago; he |
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| was the first born to this union; DeWayne was baptized at an |
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| early age on March 20, 1980 at St. Raphael Catholic Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White died while serving with the |
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| United States Army in Iraq; he was a part of the 1st Brigade |
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| Combat Team from Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended St. Raphael Elementary School and |
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| Curie High School; when the family moved to Country Club Hills |
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| during his senior year, DeWayne earned his GED and trained to |
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| be a welder through Job Corps; for the next few years, he |
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| worked a series of jobs in Tennessee, Kansas, and the |
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| Southland; in November of 2004, he joined the United States |
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| Army along with his brother, DeShaun; and
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| WHEREAS, While stationed at Fort Campbell, DeWayne seized |
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| the opportunity to attend Air Assault School; he served one |
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| tour in Iraq from 2005 to 2006; he was deployed in September of |
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| 2007 for his second tour of duty; it was during one of his |
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| military stints in Clarksville, Tennessee, that DeWayne met |
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| Syneca Beach and they were joined in holy matrimony on February |
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| 25, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, DeWayne loved to dance, draw cartoons of hip-hop |
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| characters, play pool and his PlayStation (at all hours of the |
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| night); he loved to write poetry and rap; he adored the |
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| family's dog, a Rottweiler named Zeus; and he also did a |
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| dead-on impression of Donald Duck; and
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| WHEREAS, DeWayne White is survived by his wife, Syneca; his |
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| mother, Sandra; his step-father, Chester L. Miller, Sr.; his |
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| father, Lenell (Reneé) White, Jr.; his brothers, DeShaun White, |
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| Edwin White, and Chester Miller, Jr.; his sisters, Nekita |
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| Miller, DéJaneé White, and Kimberly (Korey) Miller-Highsmith; |
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| his grandmother, Geneva White; his grandfather, Paul Miller, |
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| Sr.; his very special niece, Jaida; and his soon-to-arrive |
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| niece, Makailah; his mother-in-law, Kova Thicklin; his |
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| brother-in-law, Seth Beach; his grandmother-in-law, Shirley |
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| Bluing; his grandfather-in-law, Chester (Laurine) Thicklin; |
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| and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE |
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| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we |
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| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of |
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| Private DeWayne White; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private DeWayne White |
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| and his willingness to serve our country, which led to him |
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| making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of DeWayne White as a symbol of our |
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| respect and sympathy.
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