Bill Text: IL SR1552 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of James Edward Brown.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2014-11-20 - Resolution Adopted [SR1552 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR1552-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 James Edward "Sonny" Brown, who passed | ||||||
4 | away on October 10, 2014; and
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5 | WHEREAS, James Brown was born on October 30, 1938 in | ||||||
6 | Helena, Arkansas; his parents were George and Annie Brown; and
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7 | WHEREAS, James Brown accepted Christ into his life at an | ||||||
8 | early age under the leadership of Reverend E.E. Franklin at New | ||||||
9 | Light Missionary Baptist Church in Helena, Arkansas; and
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10 | WHEREAS, In 1957, James Brown graduated from Eliza Miller | ||||||
11 | High School, where he was an outstanding athlete; he played | ||||||
12 | football and played the trumpet in the school band; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Shortly after graduating from high school, James | ||||||
14 | Brown relocated to Chicago; he subsequently attended Malcolm X | ||||||
15 | College and enrolled in a Spanish class, where he was chosen to | ||||||
16 | travel abroad to Morocco and Spain; he also traveled to Hawaii | ||||||
17 | and the Bahamas; he continued to advance his Spanish-speaking | ||||||
18 | skills by attending South Suburban College in South Holland and | ||||||
19 | never missed an opportunity to broaden his language skills with | ||||||
20 | those who he came into contact with; and
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1 | WHEREAS, After a stint at the Wilson Bus Company, James | ||||||
2 | Brown went on to work for the Chicago Transit Authority as a | ||||||
3 | bus driver and the University of Illinois as a Spanish | ||||||
4 | translator and Engineer of the Central Supply Department; in | ||||||
5 | 2000, he relocated and was employed by Southern California | ||||||
6 | Transportation System; and
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7 | WHEREAS, James Brown enjoyed sports, especially football, | ||||||
8 | and enjoyed watching games whenever they were on television; he | ||||||
9 | was a true Chicago Bears fan and traveled to their training | ||||||
10 | camp several times a year; he was also a wonderful cook and | ||||||
11 | loved to cook a variety of special gourmet dishes; and
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12 | WHEREAS, James Brown was preceded in death by his parents; | ||||||
13 | 4 brothers, Jessie (JC/Bubba) Brown, Vernon Brown, George | ||||||
14 | Brown, and Henry Brown; and 3 sisters, Velma Ewing, Evelyn | ||||||
15 | Jones, and George Ella Hooper; and
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16 | WHEREAS, James Brown is survived by a brother, Eddie Lee | ||||||
17 | (Doris) Brown; 5 children, Pierre (Angie) Brown, Rodney Brown, | ||||||
18 | Parveen (Odell) Dubose, Lakeesha Malone-Norwood (Clarence | ||||||
19 | Norwood), and Dallal (Onika) Brown; 12 grandchildren, Jarveen, | ||||||
20 | Joseph, Pierre, Jr., Jennifer, Keantre, Kenyatta, Kyana, | ||||||
21 | Dalencia, Diavionne, Dallal, Jr., Daliyah, and D'Maya; 5 | ||||||
22 | great-grandchildren; his special friends, Gloria Jones and | ||||||
23 | Kateena Butler; and many cousins, nephews, nieces, and friends; |
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1 | therefore, be it
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2 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
3 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
4 | family and friends, mourn the passing of James Edward Brown; | ||||||
5 | and be it further
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6 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
7 | presented to the family of James Brown as an expression of our | ||||||
8 | sympathy.
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