Bill Text: IL HR0580 | 2019-2020 | 101st General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Antoine Marvin Lewis.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2019-10-30 - Resolution Adopted [HR0580 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2019-HR0580-Introduced.html
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1 | HOUSE RESOLUTION
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2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | ||||||
3 | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Antoine | ||||||
4 | Marvin Lewis; and
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5 | WHEREAS, Antoine Lewis was born in Chicago to Rodney Alexia | ||||||
6 | Sr. and Antoinette Lewis on May 9, 1979; he was raised in the | ||||||
7 | Village of Matteson, where he attended elementary and high | ||||||
8 | school; and
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9 | WHEREAS, Antoine Lewis served in the U.S. Army for 14 | ||||||
10 | years, attaining the rank of captain; he spent time in Germany, | ||||||
11 | Kosovo, Ghana, France, the Dominican Republic, China, Ireland, | ||||||
12 | Thailand, the Philippines, Korea, and Canada; while serving in | ||||||
13 | Afghanistan in 2012, he met the love of his life, Yalena | ||||||
14 | Lopez-Lewis, and they married in March 2018; and
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15 | WHEREAS, Antoine Lewis was well read and knew the | ||||||
16 | contributions of his ancestors as well as the diversity of | ||||||
17 | their stories; he was devoted to making his own contributions | ||||||
18 | to Africa and the U.S. by showing the black diaspora how | ||||||
19 | beautiful and full of opportunity the continent of Africa is; | ||||||
20 | and
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21 | WHEREAS, Antoine Lewis was committed to life-long |
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1 | learning; he was blessed with vision, leadership, clarity, and | ||||||
2 | an understanding of how important it is to have free thought; | ||||||
3 | and
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4 | WHEREAS, Antoine Lewis is survived by his wife, Yalena | ||||||
5 | Lopez-Lewis; his sons, Antoine Marvin Lewis Jr. and Messiah | ||||||
6 | Phelps; his parents; his siblings, Ronetta Hoskins, Rodney | ||||||
7 | Lewis Jr., Antoinette Lewis Jr., Monica Wilson, Markita Lewis, | ||||||
8 | Michael Lewis, and Angelo Lewis; and numerous aunts, uncles, | ||||||
9 | nephews, nieces, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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10 | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE | ||||||
11 | HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | ||||||
12 | we mourn the passing of Antoine Marvin Lewis and extend our | ||||||
13 | sincere condolences to his family, friends, and all who knew | ||||||
14 | and loved him; and be it further
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15 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
16 | presented to the family of Antoine Lewis as an expression of | ||||||
17 | our deepest sympathy.
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