Bill Text: IL SR0116 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Eddie Jewell Price, Jr. of Springfield.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2015-02-05 - Resolution Adopted [SR0116 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR0116-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 Eddie Jewell Price, Jr. of Springfield, | ||||||
4 | who passed away on December 26, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. was born in Kankakee on May 11, | ||||||
6 | 1951 to Eddie J., Sr. and Edwinah (nee Cole) Price; he attended | ||||||
7 | Bishop McNamara High School, Olympia State University in | ||||||
8 | Olympia, Washington, and Governor State University; he served | ||||||
9 | in the United States Navy from May of 1969 to January of 1971; | ||||||
10 | he married Mary Price in 1974; he later married Connie Day and | ||||||
11 | then Renatta Rhodes; and
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12 | WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. retired from the State of | ||||||
13 | Illinois after 34 years with the Department of Children and | ||||||
14 | Family Services, the Department of Mental Health and | ||||||
15 | Developmental Disabilities, and the Office of Inspector | ||||||
16 | General; he was elected 7th Ward Alderman in Kankakee from 1979 | ||||||
17 | to 1983; and
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18 | WHEREAS, After moving to Springfield, Eddie Price, Jr. was | ||||||
19 | a member of Grace United Methodist Church and then Pleasant | ||||||
20 | Grove Baptist Church; he was also affiliated with Capitol City | ||||||
21 | C.O.G.I.C., Union Baptist Church, and Kumler United Methodist | ||||||
22 | Church; he volunteered for numerous ministries and |
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1 | organizations, including Foreign Mission (Germany and | ||||||
2 | Liberia), "Hands Across the Sea", the National Baptist | ||||||
3 | Association of Germany Congress of Christian Education, the | ||||||
4 | Graham Correctional Prison Ministry, Memorial Medical Center | ||||||
5 | Red Coats, Springfield District #186, Bereaved Parents of | ||||||
6 | USA-Springfield Chapter, the Rainbow PUSH Coalition, the | ||||||
7 | NAACP, the Illinois Association of Minorities in Government | ||||||
8 | (past Chairman), and the YMCA (board member and President); he | ||||||
9 | also coached the Kankakee East Side Bulldogs and was an | ||||||
10 | organizer with the "Million Man March" in Washington, D.C.; and
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11 | WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
12 | father, Eddie J. Price, Sr.; his daughter, Joi Verniece Price; | ||||||
13 | his grandparents, Rev. Russell and Annie B. Price, Florine | ||||||
14 | Dunbar, and Ulyssess Grant Cole; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Eddie Price, Jr. is survived by his mother, | ||||||
16 | Edwinah Price; his 4 sons, Daniel (Shonda) Roach, Malcolm | ||||||
17 | (Kizzy), Kwame (Carmella) Price, and Timothy Smith; his 2 | ||||||
18 | daughters, Aisha Price and Tempe Williams; his sister, Yvette | ||||||
19 | (Michael) Maeweather; his brother, Garland Price; his 21 | ||||||
20 | grandchildren; his great-grandchild; his first wife and | ||||||
21 | friend, Mary Price; his special friend, Alicia Joseph; his | ||||||
22 | special daughter, Alicia Ray; and many nieces, nephews, | ||||||
23 | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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1 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
2 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
3 | Eddie Jewell Price, Jr., and extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
4 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
5 | further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of Eddie Price, Jr. as an expression of | ||||||
8 | our deepest sympathy.
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