Full Text of SR0600 94th General Assembly
SR0600 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Ennis Thomas Lightford on | 4 |
| Thursday, January 12, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born in Huntsville, Alabama, on May 12, | 6 |
| 1922, to Will and Maime Lee Lightford; he valiantly served his | 7 |
| country as a member of the U.S. Army during World War II; he | 8 |
| achieved the rank of Sergeant and received three medals, the | 9 |
| APTO Medal, the Good Conduct Medal, and the World War II | 10 |
| Victory Medal; he was honorably discharged in 1946; and
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| WHEREAS, He married Delia B. Fitcheard on May 12, 1943; she | 12 |
| preceded him in death; they moved to Chicago in the late 1940s; | 13 |
| he worked in construction as a plasterer; he helped to build | 14 |
| Sears Tower and MacNeal Hospital; and
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| WHEREAS, His niece, State Senator Kimberly Lightford, | 16 |
| remembers her fifth birthday, just two days before his | 17 |
| birthday, when the family gathered at her Uncle Ennis' house | 18 |
| for her birthday party; she spilled the beans by informing | 19 |
| Uncle Ennis that there was a cake in the trunk of the car for | 20 |
| him; the family constantly reminds her of that birthday | 21 |
| surprise; and
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| WHEREAS, He was the last surviving great uncle and was | 23 |
| always dapper and ever so kind; he especially enjoyed fishing, | 24 |
| hunting, and gardening; and
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| WHEREAS, Mr. Ennis was a devoted family man and his passing | 26 |
| has been deeply felt by many, especially his children, | 27 |
| Josephine Robinson (Dinismore Sr.), Lee Lightford (Marian), | 28 |
| and Virgil Blevins (Kathleen); his grandchildren, Michelle | 29 |
| Lightford (Kenny), Nathan Blevins Sr. (April), Joyce R. Ward, | 30 |
| and Dinismore Robinson, Jr. (Veronica); his |
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| great-grandchildren, Joseph McGregor, Reeta McGregor, Nathan | 2 |
| Blevins Jr., Raven J., Devynn, and Dinismore III (Trey); his | 3 |
| brothers and sisters, Bruce Horton, Lee Roy Horton, and Mildred | 4 |
| Wiggins; his sisters-in-law, Berta Lightford, Callie Sue | 5 |
| Horton, and Emma Horton; and his many nieces, nephews, cousins, | 6 |
| and friends; in addition to his wife, he was preceded in death | 7 |
| by his brothers and sisters, Eddie Lightford, Ovoy Horton, and | 8 |
| Velma Lightford; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 10 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 11 |
| Ennis Thomas Lightford, and we extend our sincere condolences | 12 |
| to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be | 13 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 15 |
| presented to his family as an expression of our deepest | 16 |
| sympathy.
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