Bill Text: IL SR0263 | 2009-2010 | 96th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Tyrone Kenner.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2009-05-07 - Resolution Adopted [SR0263 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2009-SR0263-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
Tyrone Kenner, who passed away on April | ||||||
| 4 | 27, 2009; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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
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| 21 | WHEREAS, Tyrone Kenner was preceded in death by his wife, | ||||||
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| 1 | Emma Payne; his parents; and his brother, William Kenner; and
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| 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
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| 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
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| 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.
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