Bill Text: IL SR0571 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Bobby Joe Taylor of Rock Island.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [SR0571 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-SR0571-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 Bobby Joe Taylor of Rock Island, who | ||||||
| 4 | passed away on July 5, 2019; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Bobby Joe Taylor was born in Centreville, Iowa to | ||||||
| 6 | Lillian F. (Jones) Barnett on January 16, 1958; he was an | ||||||
| 7 | all-star athlete in wrestling and football for Rock Island High | ||||||
| 8 | School, where he graduated in 1976; he enlisted in the U.S. | ||||||
| 9 | Army on April 19, 1977 and served for six years; and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Bobby Joe Taylor loved to cook and worked as a | ||||||
| 11 | cook for several Quad-City restaurants, including Bishop's | ||||||
| 12 | Buffet, the Old Country Buffet, and a local casino; he also | ||||||
| 13 | worked several years for United Cerebral Palsy; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Bobby Joe Taylor was preceded in death by his | ||||||
| 15 | mother, Lillian F. (Jones) Barnett; his brother, Robert James | ||||||
| 16 | Taylor Sr.; and his sister, Sandra J. Taylor; and
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| 17 | WHEREAS, Bobby Joe Taylor is survived by his daughter, | ||||||
| 18 | LaTasha Hickman; his grandchildren, Bernard Harris Jr., | ||||||
| 19 | Juanita Hickman, and Sean Allen Jr.; his siblings, Arnold | ||||||
| 20 | Barnett and Lynette Taylor; his nieces, Lillian Taylor, Rosalyn | ||||||
| 21 | Taylor, and Cyd Gaddis; his nephews, Larrin Taylor and Robert | ||||||
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| 1 | James Taylor Jr.; his great-granddaughters, Serenity and | ||||||
| 2 | Alayna Harris; and numerous great-nieces, great-nephews, | ||||||
| 3 | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | Bobby Joe Taylor and extend our sincere condolences to his | ||||||
| 7 | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Bobby Joe Taylor as an expression of | ||||||
| 11 | our deepest sympathy.
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