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SENATE RESOLUTION


 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
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hear of the death of Charles Branch Jr., who passed away on 
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November 29, 2007; and

 
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    WHEREAS, Charles Branch Jr. was born in Rolling Fork, 
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Mississippi on October 12, 1942; he was a graduate of Henry 
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Weathers High School; and he served his country in the United 
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States Army; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He enrolled in Columbia College in 1967 and 
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graduated with a B.A. in communications; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He worked for KDKO as a disc jockey and program 
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director from 1967 to 1968 and for WMPP as a disc jockey from 
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1968 to 1972; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He worked as a Human Rights Investigator and later 
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as a supervisor with the State of Illinois for seventeen years; 
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he later worked as an Assistant Administrator for the Cook 
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County Department of Animal Control; and

 
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Reverend 
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Charles Branch Sr. and Carrie Branch; and
 
 


 






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    WHEREAS, The passing of Charles Branch Jr. will be deeply 
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felt by those who knew and loved him, especially his wife, 
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Elizabeth Carter; his children, Gerald R. Branch and Gsha R. 
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Branch Sr.; his grandchildren, Rodale Branch, Emanuel Branch, 
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Gsha R. Branch Jr.,  Starr Branch, and Elizabeth Cheryl Branch; 
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and his siblings, Bessie Branch, Emily Washington, former State 
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Senator Earlean Collins, Curtistine Obanna, James Rogers, and 
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John L. Rogers; 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 Charles Branch Jr.; 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 Charles Branch Jr. as a symbol of 
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our sincere sympathy.