Full Text of SR0959 101st 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 Specialist Henry Jarrett Mayfield Jr. of | 4 | | Hazel Crest, who passed away while on duty in Kenya, Africa on | 5 | | January 5, 2020; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. was born to Henry Mayfield Sr. | 7 | | and Crystal Davis on October 14, 1996; he attended Lionel | 8 | | Hampton Elementary, William J. Bogan High School, and later | 9 | | graduated from Hillcrest High School in 2014; he then attended | 10 | | Northern Illinois University, where he majored in business; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. began working as an Aircraft | 12 | | Fueler at Aircraft Service International Group (ASIG) in 2016; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. enlisted in the U.S. Army on | 15 | | August 21, 2017; he attended Basic Combat Training at Fort | 16 | | Jackson, South Carolina and Advanced Individual Training at | 17 | | Fort Lee, Virginia; he was awarded the MOS of 91C Utilities | 18 | | Equipment Repairer; he was assigned to the 1st Battalion, 58th | 19 | | Aviation Regiment at Fort Rucker, Alabama; he was deployed with | 20 | | the 1st Battalion, 58th Aviation Regiment to Kenya, Africa in | 21 | | support of Operation Enduring Freedom-Horn of Africa in October | 22 | | 2019; his awards and decorations included the Combat Action |
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| 1 | | Badge (posthumous), the Bronze Star Medal (posthumous), the | 2 | | Purple Heart (posthumous), the Army Achievement Medal, the | 3 | | National Defense Service Medal, the Global War on Terrorism | 4 | | Expeditionary Medal, the Global War on Terrorism Service Medal, | 5 | | the Overseas Ribbon, and the Army Service Ribbon; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. committed to his faith at an | 7 | | early age and was baptized by Reverend Marion Johnson Sr. of | 8 | | Come Alive Ministry of Faith Church; he was affectionately | 9 | | known as "Boo-Boo" to his family and enjoyed spending quality | 10 | | time with his siblings and cousins; he is remembered for | 11 | | bringing joy to anyone who met him; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. was preceded in death by his | 13 | | great grandmother, Jacqueline Overton; and his grandparents, | 14 | | Ronnie E. Mayfield Sr., Stephanie Mayfield, and Levola Reed; | 15 | | and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, SPC Mayfield Jr. is survived by his parents, Henry | 17 | | Mayfield Sr. and Carmoneta Horton-Mayfield; his biological | 18 | | mother, Crystal Davis; his fiancée, Ce ara Hughes; his | 19 | | grandmother, Annette Horton; his grandfather, Michael | 20 | | Thompson; his brothers, Ronald, Tyron, Michael, and Nicholas; | 21 | | his sisters, Danielle (Cornelia), Ciara, Taliyah, and | 22 | | Tyshauna; his uncles, Ronnie Jr. (Sonya), Ricky (Detrich), | 23 | | Anthony (Mattie), and Melvin; his aunts, Elizabeth, Chaquitta, |
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| 1 | | Charron, Andrea, and Martina (Joseph); his niece and nephew; | 2 | | and his great aunts, uncles, and cousins; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Specialist Henry Jarrett Mayfield Jr. and extend our sincere | 6 | | condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved | 7 | | him; and be it further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of SPC Mayfield Jr. as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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