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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
Steven James Lyons, who passed away on |
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| November 5, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons was born on July 11, 1986 in |
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| Chicago; he was the first child of Serbrena Friend-Lyons and |
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| Robert Lyons; and
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| WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons attended St. Sabina Academy |
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| from preschool until eighth grade, where he graduated as a |
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| principal scholar; he went on to attend Leo High School, where |
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| he was a member of the National Honor Society and graduated |
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| with honors; he then attended college at Southern Illinois |
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| University; he was pursuing an associate's degree in criminal |
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| justice and was on the Dean's List at Richard J. Daley College |
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| at the time of his passing; he planned to attend Chicago State |
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| University the following spring to obtain his bachelor's |
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| degree; and
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| WHEREAS, While attending college, Steven James Lyons was |
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| employed with United Parcel Services, where he was known as an |
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| exemplary employee; and
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| WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons was an avid sports fan; he |
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| played baseball for the Jackie Robinson West League, football |
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| and basketball while attending St. Sabina Academy, and baseball |
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| while attending Leo High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Steven James Lyons is survived by his mother, |
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| Serbrena; his brother, Andre Loren Lyons; his grandmother, |
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| Betty L. Johnson; his many aunts, uncles, and special cousins; |
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| Loretta Glover, Laura H. Byrd, George Mangum, Earline Mangum, |
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| James Mangum, Clyde and Maggie Mangum, Raylen Opara, Brenda |
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| Reese-Ward, John Reese, Renee (Marshall) Byrd-Sullivan, Nia |
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| Sullivan, Dorrianne Sullivan, Eddie (Kim) Byrd, Jackson Byrd, |
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| Paris Byrd, Otis (Patria) Wise, April, O.J., and Paris Wise, |
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| and Carla Thornton; and his very special friends, Aaron |
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| Calhourn, Brian and Brandon White, Cornelius Clark, Jamel |
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| Blankenship, Charles Rhodes, Sylvester Harrison, Jamel |
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| Franklin, and Elliot Norwood, among many others; therefore, be |
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| 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 Steven James Lyons; and |
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| 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 Steven James Lyons as an expression |
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| of our sympathy.
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