Bill Text: IL SR1927 | 2015-2016 | 99th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Boyse Edwards, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2016-05-27 - Resolution Adopted [SR1927 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2015-SR1927-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 Boyse Edwards, Jr.; and
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4 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. was born on October 26, 1948; | ||||||
5 | his parents were Boyse Edwards, Sr. and Christine Edwards; he | ||||||
6 | was raised in the Henry Homer Homes; and
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7 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. attended Birney Elementary | ||||||
8 | School, McKinley Upper Grade Center, and Crane High School, | ||||||
9 | where he graduated in 1967; he also attended the DeVry | ||||||
10 | Institute, the United States School of Law Enforcement, John | ||||||
11 | Marshall Law School, and Loyola University, where he received | ||||||
12 | many certificates and degrees; and
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13 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. worked at the Chicago Area | ||||||
14 | Project from 1979 to 2015; he worked at the Youth Service | ||||||
15 | Committee of the Westside from 1969 until his passing and was a | ||||||
16 | founding board member and executive director of the James | ||||||
17 | "Major" Adams Youth and Family Development Academy from 1990 to | ||||||
18 | 2002; he was also a registered barber; and
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19 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. was an avid community activist, | ||||||
20 | focusing on juvenile delinquency prevention and gang | ||||||
21 | intervention; he worked and assisted in many different |
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1 | community service organizations, such as the Chicago | ||||||
2 | Intervention Network, the 13th District Youth Net at Marshall | ||||||
3 | and Crane High Schools, and the Malcolm X College Annual | ||||||
4 | Kwanzaa Celebration "Community Stepping Stones"; he also | ||||||
5 | produced the community-based educational and informative | ||||||
6 | CAN/T.V. programs "The Real Deal, Makes You Wanna Holla!" and | ||||||
7 | "Speak on It".; and
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8 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. had a great love for music; he | ||||||
9 | was the "Maestro" and co-founder of the renowned "Ladies and | ||||||
10 | Gentlemen of Leisure"; he was a member of the Henry Homer | ||||||
11 | Hornets Drum and Bugle Corps under the direction of James | ||||||
12 | "Major" Adams; under the instruction and mentorship of Major | ||||||
13 | Adams, he began his commitment to community services as a | ||||||
14 | leader, helping young people and families with his special | ||||||
15 | gifts of compassion to serving the disenfranchised and | ||||||
16 | disconnected; and
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17 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. was preceded in death by his | ||||||
18 | parents and his siblings, Dorothy, Willie, Emma, Foster, Verna, | ||||||
19 | and Napoleon; and
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20 | WHEREAS, Boyse Edwards, Jr. is survived by his daughter, | ||||||
21 | Mia "Puff" Walker (Greg Walker, Sr.); his sons, Jawann Deloney, | ||||||
22 | Reginald Bradley, and Fontain Lykes; his grandchildren, | ||||||
23 | Gregory "Roe" Walker, Jr., Ariana Walker, Randall Bradley, Asia |
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1 | Bradley, and Kaylee Houston; his sisters, Nedra, Sandra, | ||||||
2 | Brenda, and Anastasia; his special friend, Faye Parker; and | ||||||
3 | many aunts, uncles, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends; | ||||||
4 | therefore, be it
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5 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
6 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | ||||||
7 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Boyse Edwards, Jr.; | ||||||
8 | and be it further
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9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
10 | presented to the family of Boyse Edwards, Jr. as an expression | ||||||
11 | of our sympathy.
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