Full Text of SR0407 93rd General Assembly
SR0407 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| were saddened to learn of the passing of Michael Steven Johnson | 4 |
| on Tuesday, November 11, 2003; and | 5 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson was born in Los Angeles, | 6 |
| California to parents, Rayfield and Clairece Watkins; and | 7 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson joined the United States | 8 |
| Air Force after graduating from Wendell Phillips High School; | 9 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson continued his education | 11 |
| after being discharged, earning an Associate's Degree in | 12 |
| Mathematics from Kennedy-King College; and | 13 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson had a charismatic | 14 |
| personality, infectious smile, and was a "people person" who | 15 |
| was affectionately known as "Mike" or "Papa Mike" by his | 16 |
| grandchildren; and | 17 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson was married to Willia Pope | 18 |
| for twenty-six years; he was the father to two daughters from | 19 |
| his previous marriage and the father of a son from his second | 20 |
| union; and | 21 |
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WHEREAS, Michael Steven Johnson's passing will be deeply | 22 |
| felt by many, especially his wife, Willia; his two daughters | 23 |
| and son-in-law, Alderman Latasha Thomas and her husband, | 24 |
| Timothy Jr., and Teresa Johnson; his son, Justin; his three | 25 |
| grandchildren, Victoria, Timothy III, and Christian Jaelen; | 26 |
| his godson, Romulus Jackson; his two sisters and | 27 |
| brother-in-law, Imani Kali Nyah and Lametrice Bush and her | 28 |
| husband, Kirk; his brother, Rayfield Watkins, Jr.; his two | 29 |
| special aunts, Ora D. Frenchwood and Betty Woodward; his |
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| mother-in-law, Emma Pope; his five sisters-in-law; his three | 2 |
| brothers-in-law; his three special cousins, Johnny L. | 3 |
| Robinson, Earle Deloach, and Thomas Gosha; his two special | 4 |
| friends, Lionel Walker and Milford Hackett; and numerous | 5 |
| nieces, nephews, friends, and family; therefore, be it | 6 |
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RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Michael Steven Johnson along with all who knew and loved him | 9 |
| and extend our sincere condolences to his family and friends; | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Michael Steven Johnson as an | 13 |
| expression of our sorrow for their loss.
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