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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of
Roger D. Barfield Sr., who passed away on |
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| July 16, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was born on June 13, 1945 in |
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| National City; his parents were Alonzo and Burnett Barfield; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was educated in the public |
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| schools of East St. Louis, graduating from high school in 1963; |
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| after high school, he joined the Marines and was stationed at |
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| Quantico Marine Corps Officers School in Virginia; while at the |
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| school, he joined the track team and became a 1964 Olympic |
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| hopeful by clearing 7 feet in the high jump and jumping more |
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| than 50 feet in the triple jump the same year; his dream of |
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| becoming an Olympic gold medalist was cut short by the Vietnam |
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| War; he retired from the military after 20 years of service; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. worked for the United States |
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| Postal Service, receiving numerous perfect attendance awards; |
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| he retired after 20 years of service; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. loved sports and followed |
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| them as closely as he could, with local sports being his |
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| favorite pastime; he also coached various youth groups; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. was preceded in death by his |
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| parents and his siblings, Burnett Hudson, Ray Barfield, Ruby |
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| White, and Mae Byrd; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. is survived by his loving |
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| and devoted wife, Jeweline; his sons, Aubrey N. (Maria) |
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| Kennedy, Roger D. (Imee) Barfield, Jr., and Chad H. Barfield; |
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| his brothers, Beaufus Barfield and Emery Barfield; his sister, |
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| Iva Jean (Marvin) Lambert; his grandchildren, Renaldo, Zsa Zsa, |
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| Bradley, Paris, and Roger D. Barfield III; his brother-in-law, |
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| James (Ethel) White; his sisters-in-law, Pauline Edwards, |
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| Betty Walker-Woods, Girthal (Harold) Clemons, Birthal (George) |
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| McIntosh, Sue Chieke, Louise Smith, Bobby Golliday; and a host |
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| of nieces, nephews, and cousins; and
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| WHEREAS, Roger D. Barfield Sr. will be remembered by all |
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| who knew and loved him as a dedicated man who took hold of life |
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| and gave it his best; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Roger D. Barfield Sr.; |
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| and be it further
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