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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of United States Army Corporal Bryant J. |
| 4 | | "B.J." Luxmore of New Windsor, who was killed in Afghanistan on |
| 5 | | June 10, 2012; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, He was born November 3, 1986, in New Windsor, and |
| 7 | | was an avid athlete and student; he graduated from Sherrard |
| 8 | | High School in 2005, where he was a member of the football and |
| 9 | | baseball teams; he then attended Monmouth College and graduated |
| 10 | | from Illinois College in 2009, where he continued his baseball |
| 11 | | career at the collegiate level; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, He entered the United States Army in April 2011 |
| 13 | | and was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 64th Armor Regiment, 2nd |
| 14 | | Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division; he married Jaimie |
| 15 | | Lower on October 8, 2011, and the couple relocated to Fort |
| 16 | | Stewart, Georgia, to begin their life together with their son, |
| 17 | | Lane; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, He was deployed to Afghanistan just 2 months ago; |
| 19 | | he was posthumously promoted to corporal, awarded the Bronze |
| 20 | | Star, Purple Heart, and Combat Infantryman Badge; and
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| 21 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his paternal |
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| 1 | | grandfather, Bill Luxmore; and
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Corporal Bryant J. "B.J." Luxmore is survived by |
| 3 | | his wife, Jaimie; his son, Lane; his parents, Brenda and |
| 4 | | Leonard; his brother and best friend, Brock Luxmore and his |
| 5 | | wife, Melissa; his in-laws, Joe and Laurie Lower; his |
| 6 | | sisters-in-law, Shannon (Scott) Brown, Tricia (Evan) Price, |
| 7 | | and LeAnn Lower; his brother-in-law, Andrew (Courtney) Lower; |
| 8 | | his maternal grandparents, William and Marcia Johnson; his |
| 9 | | paternal grandmother, Donna Jo Luxmore; his wife's maternal |
| 10 | | grandparents, Jimmie and Patricia Sackville; his wife's |
| 11 | | paternal grandparents, Lloyd and Kathryn Lower; and his |
| 12 | | numerous aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, and nephews; |
| 13 | | therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 16 | | his family, friends, and a grateful nation, the passing of |
| 17 | | Corporal Bryant J. "B.J." Luxmore; and be it further
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| 18 | | RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Corporal Bryant J. |
| 19 | | "B.J." Luxmore and his willingness to serve his country, which |
| 20 | | led to him making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 22 | | presented to the family of Corporal Bryant J. "B.J." Luxmore as |