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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Jesse C. Bankston, Jr. of Waukegan, who
4 passed away on June 10, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born on January 20, 1944 in Waukegan and
6 attended North Chicago public schools, where he excelled in
7 athletics and received varsity letters in track, football, and
8 basketball; after receiving an athletic scholarship he
9 attended Yankton College in South Dakota, receiving his B.A.
10 and All-American football honors as a fullback; he was inducted
11 into the Yankton College Sports Hall of Fame in 2006; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He taught and coached at North Chicago High School
13 after college; he later entered the insurance field, working
14 for Blue Cross/Blue Shield of Illinois, where he retired as a
15 corporate officer after 35 years of service; and
 
16     WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Jesse
17 Bankston, Sr., and Minnie (Branch) Bankston; and his siblings,
18 Frederick Carl Bankston and Shirley Alemu; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Jesse Bankston is survived by his wife, Zora
20 (Pace); his son, Keith and daughter-in-law, Katheryn
21 (Culbertson); his grandchildren, Reese and Jonathan Bankston;

 

 

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1 his sisters, Lenore Lane, Carolyn Newby, and Sharon Bankston;
2 his brothers-in-law, Seleshi Alemu, and James and Henry Pace;
3 as well as his aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews;
4 therefore, be it
 
5     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
6 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
7 his family and friends, the passing of Jesse Bankston, Jr.; and
8 be it further
 
9     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Jesse Bankston, Jr. as a symbol of
11 our sincere sympathy.