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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with regret of the death of Ronald Lee Smith of |
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| Springfield on Thursday, July 21, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith was born on November 25, 1938, in |
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| Centralia to Raymond Smith and Gloria Nash; he attended |
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| Centralia public schools and continued his education at Lincoln |
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| Land Junior College and the University of Illinois at |
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| Springfield; he married Margo Hatcher; and
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| WHEREAS, He moved to Springfield in 1972 and worked for |
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| Roland Burris as his executive assistant at the State of |
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| Illinois Comptroller's Office and Attorney General's Office |
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| for 25 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Smith was a member of Union Baptist Church and |
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| served on the Board of Trustees and in the Men's Choir; he also |
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| served as a volunteer Red Coat for Memorial Medical Center; he |
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| was a member of the Springfield Lions Club, Promise Keepers, |
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| American Legion Post 809, and various other organizations; he |
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| was a veteran of the U.S. Army; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Ronald Lee Smith has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially his wife, Margo; his children, Ronald |
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| Jr. and Keyla; his grandsons, DeAntae Williams and Jamell |
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| Smith; his cousins, Joanne Nixon, Claduette Moore, and Derek |
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| (Rosemary) Nash; and his many other relatives and friends; |
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| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Ronald Lee Smith, and we extend our sincere condolences to his |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| further
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