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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois
3 learned with regret of the death of West Nash, Jr., on
4 Thursday, July 7, 2005; and
 
5     WHEREAS, He was born in St. Louis, Missouri, on November
6 12, 1949, to Dorothy Bessie Campbell Nash and West Nash, Sr.;
7 he spent his childhood in East St. Louis, where he was involved
8 in activities such as the Boys Club of America and the Boy
9 Scouts, achieving the Life Merit Status; and
 
10     WHEREAS, Mr. Nash attended School District No. 189,
11 graduating from Lincoln Senior High School, where he was one of
12 its outstanding students; it was there that he developed a
13 serious interest in math and science; he won awards at the St.
14 Louis Science Fair for three consecutive years and graduated in
15 the top 10% of his class; he went on to attend Southern
16 Illinois University in Carbondale, where he pursued a major in
17 chemistry; he later returned home and attended Southern
18 Illinois University in Edwardsville and State Community
19 College of East St. Louis; he received an Associate in Math and
20 Science from State Community College and a Bachelor of Science
21 in Mass Communications Radio & Television Broadcasting from
22 SIU-E; and
 
23     WHEREAS, He had worked for Metropolitan Community College
24 as an Audio Visual Technician and Media Specialist; he was a
25 professional photographer and worked part time as a broadcast
26 engineer; at the time of his demise, he worked for Harris-Stowe
27 State College in St. Louis as a Computer Information
28 Technologist and Network Specialist; he was a member of the
29 East St. Louis Alumnae Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity;
30 he pledged in the fall of 1996; and
 
31     WHEREAS, In 1972, Mr. Nash married Eva Devine; to this

 

 

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1 union two children were born, Dante and Ayvonjanai; in 1982, he
2 married Faye Allen Wells, who is the mother of his
3 stepdaughter, Charity Wells; they were married for 16 years;
4 and
 
5     WHEREAS, The passing of West Nash, Jr., has been deeply
6 felt by many, especially his children, Mr. Dante Tylon Nash,
7 Miss Ayvonjanai Marie Althea Nash, and Charity Nicole Wells;
8 his grandson, Christian Wells; his sisters, Mrs. Marinda
9 (Charles) Nash Ferrell, Miss Sylvia Nash, Mrs. Cynthia
10 (Richard) Nash Jones, and Mrs. Jeanette (David) Nash Curtis;
11 his loving aunts, uncles, and cousins; and his most special and
12 cherished friends, Miss Rose Hargrove, Mr. Willie Walker, and
13 David and Marquita Brown; he was preceded in death by his
14 parents, Dorothy B. Campbell Nash (Upchurch), West Nash, Sr.,
15 Moses Campbell, Sr., Dorothy Olivia Campbell, and his sister,
16 Helen Nash; therefore, be it
 
17     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL
18 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of
19 West Nash, Jr., and we extend our sincere condolences to his
20 family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it
21 further
 
22     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
23 presented to his family as an expression of our deepest
24 sympathy.