Full Text of SR1688 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 James "Jimmy" W. Knight, who passed away | 4 | | on September 13, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, James Knight was born on June 7, 1935; his parents | 6 | | were John Knight and Mildred Shelton; he married Ollie Burns | 7 | | Thompson in 1956; they were re-married in 2001; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, James Knight completed his early education at | 9 | | Calvin Donaldson Junior High School and Howard High School in | 10 | | Chattanooga, Tennessee; after he was honorably discharged, he | 11 | | subsequently continued his education at the Allied School of | 12 | | Technology's Tool and Die Making program and Kennedy-King | 13 | | College in Chicago; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, James Knight accepted Christ as his personal | 15 | | savior at an early age; he was a faithful member of Parkway | 16 | | Garden Christian Church; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, James Knight served his country as a member of the | 18 | | United States Air Force; he later retired at the rank of | 19 | | Sergeant First Class from the United States Army National | 20 | | Guard's 933rd Military Police Company; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, James Knight retired from the United States Postal | 2 | | Service after 30 years on the same mail route in the Bridgeport | 3 | | community; after retiring, he enjoyed spending time with his | 4 | | many friends at "his office" and Saturday morning breakfast | 5 | | with his military "family"; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, James Knight was preceded in death by his parents | 7 | | and a daughter, Mildred; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, James Knight is survived by his wife, Dr. Ollie M. | 9 | | Knight; 3 children, Rev. Melody Seaton, Dr. Millicent Knight | 10 | | (Dr. Harvey Echols), and Monica Smith; 8 grandchildren, Kenny | 11 | | Whigham, Michael and Curtis Milner, Veronique (Earnest) Crim | 12 | | Wallace, Ernest (Cassie) Crim, III, Jaylen and Jahmal Smith, | 13 | | and Matthew Echols; 8 great-grandchildren, Chloe, Rassan, | 14 | | Janea, Kwonzel, Nastassja, Meriah, Kiara, and Jamar; 4 | 15 | | godchildren, Wennoa Lewis-Blair and Brenda, Mariner, and | 16 | | Theodore Brinson; 2 cousins, Pamela Dave and Jackie Jones; 3 | 17 | | sisters-in-law, Charlie B. (Jarvis) Stamps, Aggie, and Mamie; a | 18 | | brother-in-law, United States Representative Bennie (London) | 19 | | Thompson; and many other family members and friends; therefore, | 20 | | be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with his | 23 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of James "Jimmy" W. |
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| 2 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 3 | | presented to the family of James Knight as an expression of our | 4 | | sympathy.
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