Full Text of SR1480 98th 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 Donald Pearson, Sr. of Champaign, who | 4 | | passed away on September 2, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Pearson, Sr. was born in Urbana on January | 6 | | 15, 1943 to Margaret Hite and Onie Pearson, Jr.; he attended | 7 | | Champaign Unit 4 schools and took classes at Parkland College; | 8 | | he joined the United States Navy at age 17 and married Minnie | 9 | | Pearl Hemphill in Champaign on January 3, 1965; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Upon being discharged from the Navy, Donald | 11 | | Pearson, Sr. returned to Champaign and worked for the United | 12 | | States Postal Service; he then became a professional tradesman | 13 | | through the University of Illinois electrical apprentice | 14 | | program and quickly ascended through his field, becoming a | 15 | | journeyman electrician/sound technician at the U of I; he was | 16 | | employed on campus for several decades before retiring in 1994; | 17 | | and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, In recent years, Donald Pearson, Sr. worked part | 19 | | time at WBCP radio and owned The Generic DJ professional music | 20 | | service; he provided the musical accompaniment for countless | 21 | | wedding receptions, fundraisers, parties, picnics, and annual | 22 | | events such as the Gamma Upsilon Psi Cotillion and Champaign |
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| 1 | | Park District Senior Holiday Affair; and | 2 | | WHEREAS, Donald Pearson, Sr. loved to play cards and board | 3 | | games, watch Fighting Illini athletics, and listen to music; he | 4 | | and his wife enjoyed traveling, attending special events, and | 5 | | visiting family - in and outside of the continental United | 6 | | States; he was a member of Iota Phi Theta Fraternity Inc., the | 7 | | International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers Local 601, and | 8 | | the William F. Earnest American Legion Post 559; he was also a | 9 | | life member of the NAACP of Champaign County; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Donald Pearson, Sr. was preceded in death by his | 11 | | father and mother; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Donald Pearson, Sr. is survived by his wife, | 13 | | Minnie; daughter, Lucretia (Otis) Williams; son, Donald | 14 | | "Deeno" Pearson, Jr.; 3 grandchildren, Brittney Schurvinske, | 15 | | Chumar Williams, and Britany Damery; step-father, Earl Smith; | 16 | | sister, Susan Smith Ross; goddaughter, Freida Johnson; and many | 17 | | siblings-in-law, nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be | 18 | | it
| 19 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 20 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 21 | | Donald Pearson, Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to his | 22 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of Donald Pearson, Sr. as an expression | 4 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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