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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened |
| 3 | | to learn of the death of George Thomas Warfield Jr. of Decatur, |
| 4 | | formerly of Los Angeles, California, who passed away on March |
| 5 | | 4, 2023; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, George Warfield was born to George Thomas Sr. and |
| 7 | | Jessie Pauline (Ledsinger) Warfield in Louisville, Kentucky on |
| 8 | | October 11, 1938; he was raised in Metropolis, graduating from |
| 9 | | Metropolis High School in 1956; he relocated to Decatur after |
| 10 | | graduation that same year, where he was employed as a factory |
| 11 | | laborer with Caterpillar; he joined the U.S. Navy in January |
| 12 | | 1958, serving on active duty for four years and in the Navy |
| 13 | | Reserve for four years before being honorably discharged in |
| 14 | | 1964; he then moved to Los Angeles, California and attended |
| 15 | | Los Angeles Trade Technical College, where he studied brick |
| 16 | | masonry, and Los Angeles City College; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, George Warfield was employed as an animal control |
| 18 | | officer by the County of Los Angeles, retiring in 1998; and
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| 19 | | WHEREAS, George Warfield was a member of First AME Church |
| 20 | | Los Angeles and a member of the Men of FAME Choir, where he |
| 21 | | often made baked goods for the youth department; he was known |
| 22 | | for his signature peach cobbler and lemonade cake; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, George Warfield was preceded in death by his |
| 2 | | parents; his sister, Charlene Delores; his brother, Lannis |
| 3 | | Wayne Warfield Sr.; his nephews, Lannis Wayne Warfield Jr. and |
| 4 | | Brian "Poncho" Carney; and his niece, Ebony Jewel Howard; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, George Warfield is survived by his daughters, |
| 6 | | Lori Nadine Warfield and Toni Yvette Adams; his grandchildren, |
| 7 | | Aubrey Brooks Haynes, Brandon Connish, and Daniel R. Phillips; |
| 8 | | his brothers, Jesse O. Warfield, Larry E. (Eloise) Warfield, |
| 9 | | and Roger (Mattie) Warfield; his sisters, Joel I. (Louis) |
| 10 | | Webster, Gloria E. (John) Jordan, Jackie S. Warfield, Freda R. |
| 11 | | (Chester) Parsons, and Beverly A. Warfield; his special |
| 12 | | friends, Katherine Hines and Arthur Perkins; and a host of |
| 13 | | nieces, nephews, and cousins; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED THIRD GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 16 | | George Thomas Warfield Jr. and extend our sincere condolences |
| 17 | | to his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be |
| 18 | | it further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of George Warfield as an expression of |
| 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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