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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 DeWayne
4 Lenell White, who passed away on December 4, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, DeWayne White was born on February 20, 1980 to
6 Lenell White, Jr. and Sandra E. Ireland-White in Chicago; he
7 was the first born to this union; DeWayne was baptized at an
8 early age on March 20, 1980 at St. Raphael Catholic Church; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Private DeWayne White died while serving with the
10 United States Army in Iraq; he was a part of the 1st Brigade
11 Combat Team from Fort Campbell, Kentucky; and
 
12     WHEREAS, He attended St. Raphael Elementary School and
13 Curie High School; when the family moved to Country Club Hills
14 during his senior year, DeWayne earned his GED and trained to
15 be a welder through Job Corps; for the next few years, he
16 worked a series of jobs in Tennessee, Kansas, and the
17 Southland; in November of 2004, he joined the United States
18 Army along with his brother, DeShaun; and
 
19     WHEREAS, While stationed at Fort Campbell, DeWayne seized
20 the opportunity to attend Air Assault School; he served one
21 tour in Iraq from 2005 to 2006; he was deployed in September of

 

 

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1 2007 for his second tour of duty; it was during one of his
2 military stints in Clarksville, Tennessee, that DeWayne met
3 Syneca Beach and they were joined in holy matrimony on February
4 25, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, DeWayne loved to dance, draw cartoons of hip-hop
6 characters, play pool and his PlayStation (at all hours of the
7 night); he loved to write poetry and rap; he adored the
8 family's dog, a Rottweiler named Zeus; and he also did a
9 dead-on impression of Donald Duck; and
 
10     WHEREAS, DeWayne White is survived by his wife, Syneca; his
11 mother, Sandra; his step-father, Chester L. Miller, Sr.; his
12 father, Lenell (Reneé) White, Jr.; his brothers, DeShaun White,
13 Edwin White, and Chester Miller, Jr.; his sisters, Nekita
14 Miller, DéJaneé White, and Kimberly (Korey) Miller-Highsmith;
15 his grandmother, Geneva White; his grandfather, Paul Miller,
16 Sr.; his very special niece, Jaida; and his soon-to-arrive
17 niece, Makailah; his mother-in-law, Kova Thicklin; his
18 brother-in-law, Seth Beach; his grandmother-in-law, Shirley
19 Bluing; his grandfather-in-law, Chester (Laurine) Thicklin;
20 and a host of aunts, uncles, cousins, and other relatives;
21 therefore, be it
 
22     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
23 NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we

 

 

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1 mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of
2 Private DeWayne White; and be it further
 
3     RESOLVED, That we honor the memory of Private DeWayne White
4 and his willingness to serve our country, which led to him
5 making the ultimate sacrifice; and be it further
 
6     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
7 presented to the family of DeWayne White as a symbol of our
8 respect and sympathy.