Full Text of SR0263 96th General Assembly
SR0263 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
|
|
|
SR0263 |
|
LRB096 12682 GRL 26303 r |
|
| 1 |
| SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of
Tyrone Kenner, who passed away on April | 4 |
| 27, 2009; and
| 5 |
| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner was born on July 8, 1932; his | 6 |
| parents were General Thomas Jefferson Kenner and Thelma | 7 |
| McLemore; he was baptized at Great Hope MBC in Robbins and grew | 8 |
| to know Christ at an early age; and
| 9 |
| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner received his education from Dwight | 10 |
| D. Eisenhower High School in Robbins; he then entered into the | 11 |
| United States Air Force; after his honorable discharge, he went | 12 |
| on to become a boxing promoter and a Chicago Police Officer; | 13 |
| and
| 14 |
| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner served as the Director of the Urban | 15 |
| Progress Center in Chicago and Director of the Chicago | 16 |
| Committee on Urban Opportunity; he was elected to serve as | 17 |
| Third Ward Alderman in 1971 and served in that capacity for 13 | 18 |
| years; as Alderman, he championed efforts to rebuild his ward, | 19 |
| reduce the high crime rate, and put many people to work; in | 20 |
| recent years, he was an assistant engineer for Cook County; and
| 21 |
| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner was preceded in death by his wife, |
|
|
|
SR0263 |
- 2 - |
LRB096 12682 GRL 26303 r |
|
| 1 |
| Emma Payne; his parents; and his brother, William Kenner; and
| 2 |
| WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner is survived by his children, Howard | 3 |
| Kenner, Reverend Brian H. Kenner (Audrey), Renee Kenner-Clay | 4 |
| (Gregory), Kimberly Kenner-Wash (Tony), Sonja Kenner, and | 5 |
| Tonja Simmons (Emil); his special friend and companion, Denise | 6 |
| Murray, and her three children, Edward Murray (Lashawn), Elaine | 7 |
| Murray, and Erin Murray (Fancee); his 26 grandchildren and | 8 |
| seven great-grandchildren; his brother, Thomas Kenner; his | 9 |
| step-mother, Mary Louise Mingee; his niece, Peggy Kenner; his | 10 |
| nephew, Dwight Kenner; his godson, Ronnie Yoakley; his favorite | 11 |
| cousins, Gwendolyn Kenner Johnson, Sheila McLemore Saville, | 12 |
| and Wyatt Kenner; and his many other family members and | 13 |
| friends; therefore, be it
| 14 |
| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 15 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 16 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Tyrone Kenner; and be it | 17 |
| further
| 18 |
| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 19 |
| presented to the family of Tyrone Kenner as an expression of | 20 |
| our sympathy.
|
|