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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3 Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of James E.
4 Cook of Chicago, Illinois; and
 
5     WHEREAS, James Edward Cook was born on March 1, 1965 in
6 Forkland, Alabama; his parents were Casserie Cook and Preston
7 Joe Wiggins; and
 
8     WHEREAS, James Cook attended and graduated from Dunbar
9 Vocational High School in Chicago; he completed his college
10 education from East-West University in Chicago and Florida
11 Memorial College in Miami, Florida; he majored in Accounting
12 and Business Management at both institutions; he was a
13 Certified Assisted Housing Manager, a Certified Manager of
14 Housing, a Certified Manager of Occupancy, a Public Housing
15 Manager, and a Tax Credit Specialist; he was a licensed Notary
16 Public in the State of Georgia, and was Tax Credit Certified in
17 the State of Georgia; and
 
18     WHEREAS, James Cook was employed with Triangle Associates
19 Lake Park Place from 1991 to 1994; from 1995 to 1997 he was
20 employed as Director of Operations with the Pinnacle Realty
21 Management Company in Bethesda, Maryland; from 1997 to 2000 he
22 was employed as Director of Operations with the Housing
23 Authority in the City of Camden, New Jersey; he was employed as
24 Property Supervisor with H.J. Russell and Company in Chicago,
25 Illinois from 2000 to 2001; and he was the Property Manager of
26 the Brittany Apartments in Chicago, Illinois from 2002 to 2003;
27 and
 
28     WHEREAS, James Cook was a lifetime member of the Antioch
29 Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago, under the leadership of
30 the late Pastor Doctor Wilbur Mason Daniel and current Pastor
31 Gerald Dew; and
 

 

 

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1     WHEREAS, James Cook is survived by his father, Preston Joe
2 Wiggins; his brothers, Joe N. Cook (Wanda) of St. Paul,
3 Minnesota, Tommy L. (Joyce) Cook of Chicago, Jerome A. (Jenell)
4 Cook of Chicago, and Preston Cook, Jr., of Zion; his sisters,
5 Barbara J. (Joseph) Wright of Chicago, Gracie Cook, Joeann
6 Cook, Ruby Cook, Lovetta Cook, Matti Cook, and Gladys Cook, all
7 of Zion; his aunts, Olivia Hall and Ernestine Cook; his nieces,
8 nephews, cousins, and friends; and his God-sent best friend,
9 Carlos D. Estes; he was preceded in death by his mother,
10 Casserie Cook, and his brother, Johnnie Willie Cook; therefore,
11 be it
 
12     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
13 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
14 we mourn, along with his family and friends, the death of James
15 E. Cook; and be it further
 
16     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
17 presented to the family of James E. Cook.