Bill Text: IL SR0494 | 2011-2012 | 97th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Percy Lee McGee, Jr.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2012-02-01 - Resolution Adopted [SR0494 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2011-SR0494-Introduced.html
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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of
Percy Lee McGee, Jr.; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. was born on October 7, 1947, | ||||||
| 5 | at Homer G. Phillips Hospital in St. Louis, Missouri; his | ||||||
| 6 | parents were Percy Lee McGee, Sr. and Susie Lou McGee; and
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| 7 | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. attended Marshall and Turner | ||||||
| 8 | Middle Schools; he began shining shoes at the age of 12 years | ||||||
| 9 | old and shined the shoes of Dick Gregory and many other famous | ||||||
| 10 | people; he subsequently graduated from Vashon High School | ||||||
| 11 | (originally Hadley Technical High School) in St. Louis, | ||||||
| 12 | Missouri before graduating from Bailey Technical School in | ||||||
| 13 | 1976; and
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| 14 | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. served in the United States | ||||||
| 15 | Army until his honorable discharge in 1968; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. was employed as a barber in | ||||||
| 17 | East St. Louis for 30 years; he then worked at the United | ||||||
| 18 | States Postal Service in St. Louis, Missouri until his | ||||||
| 19 | retirement; and
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| 20 | WHEREAS, Percy Lee McGee, Jr. will be dearly missed by his | ||||||
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| 1 | wife, Eula Dee McGee, whom he married on February 9, 1969, in | ||||||
| 2 | St. Louis, Missouri; his children and their spouses, Samantha | ||||||
| 3 | (Tyler) Hinton, Zeran (Kendra) McGee, Armonda Fisher, LaDrena | ||||||
| 4 | McGee, and Derryl Fisher; and his 15 grandchildren and 2 | ||||||
| 5 | great-grandchildren; therefore, be it
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| 6 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 7 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 8 | his family and friends, the passing of Percy Lee McGee, Jr.; | ||||||
| 9 | and be it further
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| 10 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 11 | presented to the family of Percy Lee McGee, Jr. as an | ||||||
| 12 | expression of our sympathy.
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