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 1                          HOUSE RESOLUTION

 2        WHEREAS,  The  members   of   the   Illinois   House   of
 3    Representatives  were saddened to learn of the death of Wayne
 4    Phillips, Jr. of Chicago on June 20, 2003; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Phillips, Jr., whom was affectionately known
 6    as "Little Wayne," was born in Chicago on May  11,  1972;  he
 7    was the second of four children born to the union of Betty J.
 8    Flowers and Wayne Phillips, Sr.; and

 9        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Phillips  attended  Accounters Preparatory
10    Academy  and  Barton  Elementary  school;  he  continued  his
11    education at Simeon Vocational High School; he graduated from
12    Roseland  Community  School   in   1989   and   he   attended
13    Kennedy-King   College   where   he   majored   in   Business
14    Administration and Computer Science; and

15        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Phillips'  career  began  at  the State of
16    Illinois, where he served as an Office  Associate,  Associate
17    of  Triangle, and as a Personal Assistant with the Department
18    of Human Rights; he later  joined  Ameritech  as  a  Consumer
19    Advocate  and  finally  with Sprint PCS as a Customer Service
20    Business Representative; and

21        WHEREAS,  Mr.  Phillips'  compassion   and   caring   was
22    unmatched;  his  love  for  his family was evident and he was
23    always  a  strong  son,  grandson,  brother,  uncle,  nephew,
24    cousin, and friend; and

25        WHEREAS, The passing  of  Wayne  Phillips,  Jr.  will  be
26    deeply  felt by many, especially his parents, Betty and Wayne
27    Phillips,  Sr.;  his  siblings,   Cherron   Phillips,   Devon
28    Phillips,   and  Eva  Phillips;  his  nephews,  Joshua  Jamal
29    Anderson and Jaylen Jamal  Phillips;  his  grandmother,  Lula
30    Flowers;  his  aunts,  State  Representative  Mary E. Flowers
31    (Daniel  Coutee),  Shirley  Hiner,   and   Kimberly   Flowers
 
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 1    (Torianno  Watson);  his  five  uncles, Mall Phillips, Robert
 2    Phillips, Willie Flowers, Edward Flowers, and  Louis  Flowers
 3    (Lynette);  and  a  host  of  other  cousins,  relatives, and
 4    friends; and

 5        WHEREAS, Mr. Phillips was preceded in death by his uncle,
 6    Thomas; therefore, be it

 7        RESOLVED,  BY  THE  HOUSE  OF  REPRESENTATIVES   OF   THE
 8    NINETY-THIRD  GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
 9    we mourn the passing of Wayne Phillips, Jr.  along  with  all
10    who  knew and loved him and extend our sincere condolences to
11    his family and friends; and be it further

12        RESOLVED, That a suitable  copy  of  this  resolution  be
13    presented  to  the  family  of  Wayne  Phillips,  Jr.  as  an
14    expression of our deepest sympathy.