Bill Text: IL SR0225 | 2013-2014 | 98th General Assembly | Introduced
Bill Title: Mourns the death of Melvin Earl Brock.
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: (Passed) 2013-04-12 - Resolution Adopted [SR0225 Detail]
Download: Illinois-2013-SR0225-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 Melvin Earl Brock, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 28, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock was born on February 20, 1963, in | ||||||
| 6 | Drew, Mississippi; his parents were James and Mary Alice Brock; | ||||||
| 7 | he married Ina Brock on August 11, 2001; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock was educated in the Mississippi | ||||||
| 9 | public school system; while in school, he played the saxophone, | ||||||
| 10 | ran track, and played football; he later earned associate's | ||||||
| 11 | degrees in communications and electronics and micro computer | ||||||
| 12 | electronics from Belleville Area College; he subsequently | ||||||
| 13 | continued his education and earned his bachelor's degree in | ||||||
| 14 | electronics management from Southern Illinois University at | ||||||
| 15 | Carbondale; and
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| 16 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock served his country as a member of the | ||||||
| 17 | Illinois Army National Guard until his retirement after 21 | ||||||
| 18 | years of service; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock was an employee of the East St. Louis | ||||||
| 20 | Casting Company, Boeing, and the Menard Correctional Facility; | ||||||
| 21 | he spent his last 11 years working for the Department of | ||||||
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| 1 | Central Management Services in Springfield, where he was | ||||||
| 2 | stationed at the Illinois Department of Health as an IT support | ||||||
| 3 | specialist; and
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| 4 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock devoted all of his free time to his | ||||||
| 5 | sons' activities by coaching and mentoring other young men in | ||||||
| 6 | baseball, football, basketball, and in Boy Scouts as an | ||||||
| 7 | assistant den leader; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock was preceded in death by his mother; | ||||||
| 9 | and
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| 10 | WHEREAS, Melvin Brock is survived by his wife, Ina M. | ||||||
| 11 | Brock; his sons, Anthony Dupree and Melvin D. Brock; his | ||||||
| 12 | father, James Brock; his sisters, Christine (Michael) Schafer, | ||||||
| 13 | JoAnn (Vincent) Cook, and Ella Jean (Troy) Jenkins; his | ||||||
| 14 | brothers, James Brock, Jr., Frankie Brock, Martin Brock, and | ||||||
| 15 | Leroy (Janie) Smith; his grandson, Jason Jevon Dupree; his | ||||||
| 16 | special uncles, Willie E. Thompson and Joe Lee (Diana) | ||||||
| 17 | Thompson, Sr.; and his many aunts, cousins, nieces, nephews, | ||||||
| 18 | in-laws, other relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 19 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 20 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | ||||||
| 21 | his family and friends, the passing of Melvin Earl Brock; and | ||||||
| 22 | be it further
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| 1 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 2 | presented to the family of Melvin Brock as an expression of our | ||||||
| 3 | sympathy.
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