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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The death of former State Senator James C.
3 Taylor of Chicago brings much sadness to the members of the
4 Senate; and
5 WHEREAS, James C. Taylor was a born in Crawfordsville,
6 Arkansas, on February 8, 1930; he was a high school dropout
7 who moved to Chicago and sold T-shirts; he later became a
8 boxer, winning 91 out of 96 fights; he then drove a cab and
9 later was offered a job collecting garbage at the 16th Ward
10 Democratic Headquarters; and
11 WHEREAS, A veteran of the Korean conflict, he was
12 educated at the University of Illinois and Monticello
13 College; and
14 WHEREAS, He rose through the ranks of the Chicago
15 Democratic Organization to become a precinct captain, 16th
16 Ward committeeman, and deputy general superintendent in the
17 city's Bureau of Streets and Sanitation; and
18 WHEREAS, He served in both the Senate and the House of
19 Representatives from the 76th to the 83rd General Assemblies;
20 and
21 WHEREAS, In his later years, he maintained an interest in
22 the South Side neighborhood he served as a politician; and
23 WHEREAS, His passing will be deeply felt by his devoted
24 family and friends, especially his wife, Ella Mae; his son,
25 Richard; his daughters, Cynthia Taylor-Belle and Cassaundra
26 Lewis; his mother, Laurine; his sisters, Denoise, Deris, and
27 Denise; and six grandchildren; therefore, be it
28 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIRST GENERAL
29 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we express our most
30 sincere condolences to the family of James C. Taylor, a
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1 respected colleague who will be missed; and be it further
2 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
3 presented to his widow, Ella Mae Taylor.