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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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