Full Text of SR0880 95th General Assembly
SR0880 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Charles Rheon Brock of Champaign, who | 4 |
| passed away on September 29, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Charles Rheon Brock, also known as Chuck, was born | 6 |
| on September 26, 1953 in Greenville, Mississippi to Odessa | 7 |
| Delores and the late Emmett Brock, Sr.; he was the third of | 8 |
| four children born to that union;
Charles attended Julia L. | 9 |
| Armstrong and Melissa Manning Elementary Schools; he attended | 10 |
| Coleman High School, where he played the tuba in the marching | 11 |
| band; due to integration, he graduated in 1971 from Greenville | 12 |
| High School; and
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| WHEREAS, After graduation he attended the University of | 14 |
| Illinois-Urbana, where he majored in Political Science; he was | 15 |
| a defensive tackle for the Illini football team; he pledged | 16 |
| Alpha Phi Alpha Fraternity, Incorporated, Tau Chapter; after | 17 |
| leaving the University he partnered with two people, Revie | 18 |
| Sorey, his former classmate at the University, and Jack Weiner; | 19 |
| together they became the first two African-American fur | 20 |
| wholesalers in the country; and
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| WHEREAS, In 1987 he became the Executive Director of the | 22 |
| Roseland Business Development Council under Mayor Richard M. |
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| Daley in Chicago; during his tenure in the Roseland community, | 2 |
| his organization was a delegate agency to the City of Chicago; | 3 |
| the organization provided technical assistance to the business | 4 |
| community and developed low and moderate homes for area | 5 |
| residents; in 1987 he teamed up with Reverend Dr. William | 6 |
| Samuel to do affordable housing in the City of Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, He relocated to Champaign, where he held the title | 8 |
| of Senior Vice
President and Executive Director of Westwood | 9 |
| Community Development in East Central Illinois; in 1992 he | 10 |
| totally lost his sight due to the effects of diabetes; in spite | 11 |
| of his blindness, he never stopped being active in community | 12 |
| projects and caring for residents in the community; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Christine, were united in | 14 |
| marriage on October 24, 1998 in Chicago and he became a | 15 |
| stepfather to Alex; in 1999 he ran for Mayor of Champaign; he | 16 |
| was the first Chairman for the Resident Advisory Board of | 17 |
| Champaign County Housing Urban and Development; he was a member | 18 |
| of the Church of the Living God in Champaign; in 1996 he had a | 19 |
| city-wide Youth Conference in Champaign; he was the founder of | 20 |
| Brock Innovative Group, Project Vowels for American Veterans, | 21 |
| Rheon Entertainment, and had recently started the Old School | 22 |
| Music Project to preserve 50s, 60s, and 70s music; he had a | 23 |
| television show on Public Access in Urbana and a former Old | 24 |
| School Music radio show; he interviewed celebrities such as the |
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| O’Jays, Nancy Wilson, Jerry Butler, The Chi-Lites, The Dells, | 2 |
| The Emotions, Tom Joyner, The Temptations, Ludacris, the late | 3 |
| James Brown, Gerald Levert, and many other artists; in 2003 he | 4 |
| started the Academic Athlete of the Month where high school | 5 |
| students were honored for their achievements; and he created | 6 |
| many community events, including the Illi-Bears for the Illini | 7 |
| fans; and
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| WHEREAS, He leaves his loving wife, Christine; his son, | 9 |
| Alex Cater; his play daughter, Kristina Joi Hunt; his devoted | 10 |
| mother, Odessa Brock; his two sisters, Deborah (Solomon) | 11 |
| Osborne and Sheila (Aaron) Capers; his brother, Emmett (Dawn) | 12 |
| Brock, Jr.; his two sister-laws, Vanessa Johnson and Janet | 13 |
| Johnson; his special friends, Neda Lewis, Vicky Greear, and | 14 |
| James and Reynonda Branch; and a host of dear fraternity | 15 |
| brothers, many nephews, nieces, and a congregation of family | 16 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 18 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 19 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Charles Brock; and be it | 20 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 22 |
| presented to the family of Charles Brock as a symbol of our | 23 |
| sincere sympathy.
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