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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Dwight Rattler of East St. Louis, who |
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| passed away on July 24, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, He was born August 15, 1950 in Golden Garden, the |
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| son of Charlie, Sr. and Essie Mae (James) Rattler; he confessed |
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| his faith early and attended First Baptist Church under the |
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| pastor of Reverend J.H. Collins; and
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| WHEREAS, He graduated from East St. Louis Senior High |
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| School in 1969; he enlisted in the United States Army and |
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| served as a Military Police Officer and platoon leader; he |
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| attended the University of Illinois at Chicago; he graduated |
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| from Texas Southern University with a degree in Administration |
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| of Justice; and
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| WHEREAS, He had a passion of politics and world affairs; he |
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| served as the Chairman of the Centreville Democratic |
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| Organization for many years; he loved sports, was a golf caddy |
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| in his youth, and played golf throughout his life; and he |
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| coached little league football during his early adulthood; and
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| WHEREAS, Over the course of his life he held a position at |
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| Monsanto Chemical Company, worked as a Juvenile Probation |
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| Officer for the St. Louis Juvenile Court, and was the part-time |
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| Director of Centreville Parks for eight years; for the last |
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| eighteen years he worked for School District 189 of East St. |
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| Louis, most recently as Director of Security; and
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| WHEREAS, Dwight Rattler is survived by his wife of 26 |
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| years, Janet L. (Woodard) Rattler; his daughters, Lauriel L. |
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| Rattler and Brittney S. Rattler; his mother-in-law, Myrdis |
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| Woodard; his sister-in-law, Zandra Thomas (husband, Carl |
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| Thomas); brothers-in-law, Morris Woodard and Marvin Woodard, |
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| Jr. (wife, Zena Woodard); mother, Essie Mae Rattler; brothers, |
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| Clemel Rattler (wife, Doris Rattler), Charlie Rattler, Jr. |
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| (wife, Lillie Rattler), and Kenneth Rattler (wife, Marquato |
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| Rattler); sister, Leatrice Jackson; his special nephew, Drake |
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| Jackson; and a host of relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| his family and friends, the passing of Dwight Rattler; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Dwight Rattler as a symbol of our |
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| sympathy.
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