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                                     LRB093 13214 RAH 18482 r

 1                          SENATE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS, The members  of  the  Senate  of  the  State  of
 3    Illinois learned with great regret of the death of Michael A.
 4    Perkins, Sr. of Peoria on Saturday, August 16, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS,  Michael A. Perkins, Sr. was born on January 10,
 6    1963 in Peoria to Howard and Aurthur  Mae  Rice  Perkins;  he
 7    married his wife, Penny, on August 16, 1997 in Las Vegas; and

 8        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Perkins  was  a  detective with the Peoria
 9    Police Department, where he formerly served  as  a  community
10    liaison  officer;  he  also  served  as vice president of the
11    Black Police Union; and

12        WHEREAS, Mr. Perkins was a  United  States  Marine  Corps
13    veteran,   serving   in   the  military  police  and  traffic
14    management accident investigation; he was also  a  member  of
15    the Marine Corps Reserves; and

16        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Perkins  was a member of Star of Hope Full
17    Gospel Baptist Church, where he was a  member  of  the  Young
18    Adult Choir; and

19        WHEREAS,  The  passing  of  Michael Perkins, Sr. has been
20    deeply felt by all who knew and  loved  him,  especially  his
21    wife,  Penny  Perkins;  his  parents,  Howard and Aurthur Mae
22    Perkins;  his  son,  Michael  Perkins,  Jr.;  his  daughters,
23    Brittany  Perkins,  Halo  Perkins,  and  Micah  Perkins;  his
24    brothers, Darnell Hannah, Howard Perkins, Lloyd Perkins,  and
25    Lawrence  Perkins;  and his sister, Nina Moore; he was preced
26    in death by one brother; therefore, be it

27        RESOLVED, BY  THE  SENATE  OF  THE  NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL
28    ASSEMBLY  OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing
29    of Michael Perkins, Sr. and extend our  deepest  sympathy  to
30    his family, friends, and community; and be it further
 
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 1        RESOLVED,  That  a  suitable  copy  of this resolution be
 2    presented to  the  family  of  Michael  Perkins,  Sr.  as  an
 3    expression of our sincerest condolences.