Full Text of SR2095 100th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of Terry W. Cole Sr. of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on August 26, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole was born in St. Louis to James P. Sr. | 6 | | and Mae Helen
Young Cole on January 24, 1947; he was active in | 7 | | a number of sports at East St. Louis Senior High
School, | 8 | | including football and track & field; he won awards in high | 9 | | jump and became an outstanding football player; he was the | 10 | | first black
quarterback for the East St. Louis Flyers; while | 11 | | growing up, he was an active Boys Club member; he married Elyne | 12 | | Johnson in East St. Louis on August 24, 1969; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole received a scholarship to North | 14 | | Carolina College in Durham; he moved to Champaign in
1969 and | 15 | | transferred to the University of Illinois, where he graduated | 16 | | with an
undergraduate degree in recreation and park | 17 | | administration and a master's degree in sports
management; he | 18 | | was active in the Don Moyer Boys and Girls Club, first as a | 19 | | volunteer for his college coursework
and then as an employee; | 20 | | he remained an involved and loyal supporter of the organization | 21 | | for 50
years; and
| 22 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole began his career at the University of |
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| 1 | | Illinois as an Assistant Director for the
Division of Campus | 2 | | Recreation in 1976; in 1979, he joined the Division of | 3 | | Intercollegiate Athletics,
where he served as Academic | 4 | | Counselor, Director of Academic Services, Assistant
Director | 5 | | of Academic Affairs, Senior Associate Director, and Interim | 6 | | Director of Athletics; he retired from
the Division of | 7 | | Intercollegiate Athletics in August of 2011; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole was inducted as an honorary member of | 9 | | the Varsity "I" Association in 2010, the highest honor
awarded | 10 | | by the board of directors on behalf of the Division of | 11 | | Intercollegiate Athletics; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole enjoyed golf, University of Illinois | 13 | | athletics, spending time with his grandchildren, and fishing; | 14 | | and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole was preceded in death by his parents; | 16 | | his sister, Donna Lee Flowers; and his brother, James Cole II; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Terry Cole is survived by his wife, Elyne; his | 19 | | son, Terry W. (Stacey) Cole Jr.; his daughter, Dr.
Terrilyne | 20 | | Cole; his grandchildren, Kody LaBrecque, Jazzmine Cole, Terry | 21 | | W. Cole III,
Adam Byrd, and baby girl Cole; his special nephew, | 22 | | Rodrick Flowers; his brothers, Terrell Cole Sr. and Bobby |
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| 1 | | (Debra) Cole; his brothers-in-law, Wilbur (Donna) Flowers and | 2 | | James (Yvette) Johnson; his sisters-in-law, Jameatris Mitchum | 3 | | and Letitia (Darryl) Johnson Cross; his uncle, Clifford Harper; | 4 | | his aunt, Delois Hill; and numerous nieces, nephews, and | 5 | | cousins; therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 | | Terry W. Cole Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 9 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 10 | | further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Terry Cole as an expression of our | 13 | | deepest sympathy.
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