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STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2013

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S E N A T E R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF THE HONORABLE MORPHIS A.

JAMIEL

     

     

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, Bates, Ottiano, Ciccone, and Archambault

     Date Introduced: January 31, 2013

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

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     WHEREAS, It is with deep sadness and regret that this Senate 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 Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

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hereby expresses our deepest personal sympathies on the passing of The Honorable Morphis A.

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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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