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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND | |
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IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY | |
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JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013 | |
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H O U S E R E S O L U T I O N | |
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EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE MORPHIS A. | |
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JAMIEL | |
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Introduced By: Representatives Malik, and Marshall | |
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Date Introduced: January 31, 2013 | |
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Referred To: House read and passed | |
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WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness and regret that this House has learned of the passing |
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of The Honorable Morphis A. Jamiel, Major General (retired) Rhode Island National Guard and |
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retired Probate Judge for the Town of Warren; and |
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WHEREAS, Born in Warren to the large and loving family of the late Albert and Mary |
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Jamiel, Mr. Jamiel was the devoted brother of Bolus, Hirum, Jimmy, Edward, and Albert Jamiel, |
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Melia Scheffler, Zenobia Paulhardt, Anissa Polando, and the late Amon and Joseph Jamiel, Zina |
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Willis, and Genevieve Jamiel; and |
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WHEREAS, A highly respected adjudicator, Mr. Jamiel was a graduate of Warren High |
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School, where he had earned membership into the Rhode Island Honor Society. Continuing his |
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education, he earned his Bachelor of Science degree in Chemical Engineering from the University |
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of Rhode Island and his Juris Doctor from Boston University Law School; and |
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WHEREAS, The Honorable Morphis Jamiel served with the Rhode Island National |
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Guard, retiring with the title of Major General. In addition to his service to our state and this |
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country in the military, Mr. Jamiel had served the people of the Town of Warren as a Town |
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Councilman from 1966 until 1968, as a State Senator from 1962 until 1966, and as State |
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Representative from 1970 until 1978, and |
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WHEREAS, For many years, The Honorable Morphis Jamiel had also maintained a |
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private law practice. He had been named Probate Judge for the Town of Warren in 1948, serving |
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until 1961, and was again named Probate Judge for the Town of Warren in 2004, a position he |
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held until his retirement in 2012; and |
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WHEREAS, Judge Jamiel merited a myriad of positions over the course of his lifetime |
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and had earned the admiration and recognition of his peers. His contributions and service to the |
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people of this state and the Town of Warren will long be remembered. He will be profoundly |
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missed by all who had the good fortune to be a part of his vital and fulfilling life; now, therefore |
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be it |
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RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island and |
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Providence Plantations hereby expresses our deepest personal sympathies on the passing of The |
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Honorable Morphis A. Jamiel; and be it further |
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RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to |
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transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Bolus Jamiel, Hirum Jamiel, Jimmy Jamiel, |
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Edward Jamiel, Albert Jamiel, Melia Scheffler, Zenobia Paulhardt, and Anissa Polando. |
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