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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2016

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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 FRANCIS JOSEPH JAMIEL

     Introduced By: Senators Felag, Coyne, Pagliarini, Conley, and Paiva Weed

     Date Introduced: June 09, 2016

     Referred To: Recommended for Immediate Consideration

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness that this Senate has learned of the passing of Francis

Joseph Jamiel, better known as "Tut" to his family and many friends. He was the husband of

Jayne Jamiel, and the father of Michaela Dziedzic and her husband, Jason, Elizabeth Jamiel and

her fiancé, Alex Beigel, Alexandra Jamiel, and Victoria Jamiel; and

     WHEREAS, A lifelong resident of the Town of Warren, Mr. Jamiel was the son of Lily

and the late Joseph Jamiel, and the brother of Nicholas, Joseph, Douglas, the late Geoffrey

Jamiel; and

     WHEREAS, Tut was an outstanding high school athlete, playing for the Warren Red

Skins in 1972, when they won the Class C Football Championship after compiling an undefeated

season. He went on to play football at Brown University, graduating in 1977. He was later

inducted into the Brown University Hall of Fame, the Warren Hall of Fame, and the Rhode Island

Gridiron Hall of Fame for his myriad achievements; and

     WHEREAS, For many years, Mr. Jamiel had been the proprietor of Jamiel's Shoe World

in Warren. He considered his job almost a calling more than an occupation, and those who

shopped at his store were family rather than customers; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his life, fitness continued to be an important aspect of Tut's life.

He was an avid spinner, who enjoyed attending the early morning classes with his many friends.

He was also a parishioner of St. Jean Baptiste Church, loved eating oysters on the half shell and

listening to reggae music and had coached boys' and girls' soccer teams in the Warren Indoor

Soccer League during the 1980s and 1990s; and

     WHEREAS, Most importantly, Tut Jamiel's life epitomized the words, “Stand Tall. Shine

Bright." He was truly the "life of the party" and he will be dearly missed by all who were part of

his extraordinary life; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this Senate of the State of Rhode Island and Providence Plantations

hereby expresses our deepest sympathies to the entire Jamiel Family on the passing of Francis

Joseph Jamiel; and be it further

     RESOLVED, That the Secretary of State be and hereby is authorized and directed to

transmit a duly certified copy of this resolution to Mrs. Jayne Jamiel and Family.

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