Bill Text: IL SR0073 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Lesley White of Chicago.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-02-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0073 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0073-Introduced.html
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1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
3 | learn of the death of Lesley White of Chicago; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Lesley White was born in Chicago to Charles | ||||||
5 | Clifton White and Lattie Lee Warr on May 23 1932; he was the | ||||||
6 | fifth of sixth children; his mother passed away when he was | ||||||
7 | four, and his father then married Seola Fambro; from that | ||||||
8 | union, he gained a brother and a sister; he attended | ||||||
9 | Forrestville Elementary School and graduated from Dunbar High | ||||||
10 | School; after graduation, he served in the United States Army | ||||||
11 | during the Korean War; he received the National Defense Service | ||||||
12 | Medal, the United Nations Service Medal, and the Korean Service | ||||||
13 | Ribbon; he attained the rank of Master Sergeant and retired | ||||||
14 | with honorable discharge on May 23, 1992; he married Aretha | ||||||
15 | Deloris Knox; and
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16 | WHEREAS, Lesley White worked as a taxi driver and a | ||||||
17 | bartender; he then became a crib keeper with the Chicago Water | ||||||
18 | Department and retired after 21 years of service; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Lesley White had an interest in politics and his | ||||||
20 | grandchildren's education; he served as precinct captain for | ||||||
21 | several years; he also served on the Local School Council and | ||||||
22 | as president of the Scott Joplin Elementary School for ten |
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1 | years; he joined the Morning Star Baptist Church of Chicago in | ||||||
2 | 1980; in 1990, he was ordained as a deacon and shortly | ||||||
3 | thereafter became the chairman of the Deacon Board; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Lesley White was preceded in death by his | ||||||
5 | daughter, Carolyn Lorraine White; and
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6 | WHEREAS, Lesley White is survived by his wife of 63 years, | ||||||
7 | Aretha; his grandchildren, Bertina, Anita, and Rev. | ||||||
8 | Christopher (C.C.); his great-grandchildren, Akeyra, Artese, | ||||||
9 | and Caleb; his special grandchildren, Marvin Stinson, Tichina | ||||||
10 | Garner, Dylan Hammond, and Jayla Rounds; his special children, | ||||||
11 | Rev. Keith B. (Felicia) Hayes and the Hayes family; his sister | ||||||
12 | and cousin, Dorthy (Mitchell) McBride and Barbara Patsy White; | ||||||
13 | his sisters-in-law, Harriett Turner, Ruth (Marvell) Hudson, | ||||||
14 | Dorothy Knox, May White, and Choon Ja "Peggy" White; his | ||||||
15 | special cousins, Inell King and Tommy (Blanch) Maxwell; his | ||||||
16 | many godchildren, nieces, nephews, and friends of the family; | ||||||
17 | and his Morning Star, Starlight St. James, and True Light | ||||||
18 | Church families; therefore, be it
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19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
21 | Lesley White and extend our sincere condolences to his family, | ||||||
22 | friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it further
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1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
2 | presented to the family of Lesley White as an expression of our | ||||||
3 | deepest sympathy.
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