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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
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    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
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Representatives are saddened to  learn of the death of
United 
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States Air Force Senior Airman Bradley Smith of Troy, who 
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passed away on January 3, 2010, in Kandahar, Afghanistan; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was born on September 
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11, 1985, in Little Rock, Arkansas; his parents are Gary and 
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Paula, nee Forrest, Smith; he married Tiffany Finley on 
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February 19, 2008, in Monterey, California; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith graduated from Triad 
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High School in 2004; during high school, he was a member of the 
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football team; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, On December 19, 2006, Senior Airman Bradley Smith 
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joined the United States Air Force; after basic training, where 
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he was an honor graduate, he was assigned to the 10th Air 
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Support Operations Squadron as a joint terminal attack 
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controller in Fort Riley, Kansas and was highly trained in air 
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assault, pathfinder, and airborne qualifications; he was 
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posthumously awarded the Purple Heart for his service in 
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Afghanistan; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was previously a 
 


 






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member at Bethel Baptist Church, where he was active with the 
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church's youth ministry; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith was preceded in death 
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by his maternal grandfather, retired Master Sergeant Jesie 
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Forrest, and his paternal grandfather, Elmer Smith; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith is survived by his 
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wife, Tiffany; his parents, Gary and Paula; his daughter, Chloe 
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Lynn Smith; his brother and fiancee, Staff Sergeant Gary Ryan 
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Smith and Shawna Dorman; his paternal grandparents, retired 
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Sergeant Major Don and Barbara McBeth and Rebecca Smith; his 
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maternal grandmother, Fannie Mae Forrest; his mother-in-law 
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and father-in-law, Stanley and Valerie Tucker; his 
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sisters-in-law, Hannah and Jennifer Tucker; and his many other 
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extended family members and dear friends; and
 
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    WHEREAS, Senior Airman Bradley Smith's patriotism and 
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courage will be remembered fondly by his loving family, his 
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fellow soldiers, and the citizens of our grateful nation; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
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NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we 
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mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of Senior 
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Airman Bradley Smith; and be it further
  
 
 


 






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    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
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presented to the family of Senior Airman Bradley Smith as an 
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expression of our sympathy.