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SR0617 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY


 


 
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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate learned with
3 sadness of the death of Charles C. Jackson, a long-time service
4 member of the Chicago Police Department; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson, the son of Lloyd and Daisy Jackson,
6 moved to Chicago in 1947, where he attended Chicago public
7 schools; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson joined the Chicago Police Department
9 in 1958; he started as a patrol officer with the motorcycle
10 division and worked in a variety of divisions, such as
11 narcotics and the office of Municipal Investigations, under the
12 late Mayor Harold Washington; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson retired in January 2000 with the rank
14 of Sergeant after serving 41 years with the Chicago Police
15 Department; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson is survived by his loving wife of 38
17 years, Irene Jackson; his sons, Charles C. Jackson Jr. and
18 Craig C. Jackson; his daughter, Ladonna "Terry" Evelyn and
19 son-in-law, Jerry Evelyn; his sister, Juanita Williams; his
20 grandsons, Charles C. Jackson III and Terrence Evelyn; his
21 nephew Donald Williams; and a host of family and friends;
22 therefore, be it
 
23     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
24 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of
25 Charles C. Jackson, and we extend our sincere condolences to
26 his family and friends; and be it further
 
27     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
28 presented to the family of Charles C. Jackson as an expression
29 of our respect for the life of a dedicated public servant.