Full Text of SR0641 95th General Assembly
SR0641 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
Leon Taylor of Chicago, who passed away | 4 |
| on March 30, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor was born on February 13, 1956 in | 6 |
| Chicago; his parents were Dezel and Odessie Taylor; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor was educated in the Chicago Public | 8 |
| School System, where he attended Sheppard Elementary and | 9 |
| Harrison High School; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor was first employed at the age of 10, | 11 |
| when he trained to be a butcher at 1228 South Kedzie in | 12 |
| Chicago; he worked as a butcher for many years; he worked at | 13 |
| Market Fisherman at 7129 South State Street at the time of his | 14 |
| unfortunate passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 |
| his brother, Samuel Johnson; and his sister, Martha Taylor; and
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| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor is survived by his sisters, Cherry | 18 |
| Spann (Roger) and Marie Wade (James); his brothers, Dezel | 19 |
| Taylor (Maria), John Taylor, Allen Taylor (Sonya), and Dwayne | 20 |
| Johnson; his stepdaughter, Candy Lawson, and her mother, |
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| Cynthia Lawson (Peanut); his eight nieces and eight nephews; | 2 |
| his three great-nieces and one great-nephew; and his many | 3 |
| cousins, relatives, and friends; and | 4 |
| WHEREAS, Leon Taylor will be remembered by all who knew and | 5 |
| loved him as a loving and giving person who loved his family | 6 |
| dearly and was always the life of the party; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Leon Taylor; and be it | 10 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Leon Taylor as an expression of our | 13 |
| sympathy.
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