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     STATE OF RHODE ISLAND

IN GENERAL ASSEMBLY

JANUARY SESSION, A.D. 2022

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H O U S E   R E S O L U T I O N

EXPRESSING DEEPEST CONDOLENCES ON THE PASSING OF TIMOTHY ALAN

JACKSON

     Introduced By: Representatives Chippendale, Filippi, Nardone, Newberry, Place,
Quattrocchi, Price, Roberts, McLaughlin, and Vella-Wilkinson

     Date Introduced: February 01, 2022

     Referred To: House read and passed

     WHEREAS, It is with great sadness this House has learned of the passing of Mr.

Timothy Alan “Tim” Jackson of Warwick, and formerly of Coventry. He was the devoted

husband of Debra Cerel; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson was raised in Warwick, the son of Curtis Jackson and Judith

Jackson. He graduated from Bishop Hendricken High School in 1983, and proceeded to enlist in

the United States Army, first as a Reservist, and later upon reenlistment, as a full-time active duty

member; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson completed his basic training at Fort Benning in Georgia, and

additional rigorous training in order to become a member of the famed 101st Airborne Division.

He was stationed at the dangerous DMZ in Korea, and served our nation with honor and

distinction in the United States Army for many years until receiving his honorable discharge in

1991; and

     WHEREAS, After returning from service, Mr. Jackson attended the University of Rhode

Island, where he graduated with a Bachelor’s degree in history. He worked for many years at

Citizens Bank where his tireless work ethic was much-admired by his colleagues. He had been a

Risk Associate Officer for Citizens Investment Services and later served as the Military

Maintenance coordinator on the Military Assistance Team. Most recently, he worked in the

Office of the Chairman of Citizens Bank; and

     WHEREAS, Mr. Jackson was always a busy man willing to serve his community in

myriad ways. He served as the Boy Scouts of America Scoutmaster of Troop 11 in Coventry and

was tremendously proud of the fact that both of his sons obtained the rank of Eagle Scout. He

always took great interest in mentoring and educating all scouts and in recognition, received

many Mentor Pins. He also greatly enjoyed spending time at Camp Yawgoog; and

     WHEREAS, Throughout his lifetime, Mr. Jackson was fascinated with United States

history. He was a member of the Varnum Continentals, which encourages patriotism through its

Varnum Armory Museum, of which Mr. Jackson served as a Trustee and Treasurer. In his free

time, he was an outdoorsman who enjoyed hunting, fishing and hiking, and was also a firearms

enthusiast and a “motorhead” who loved everything about cars and had the great pleasure in his

younger years of restoring a Pontiac GTO. In addition, he enjoyed watching science fiction and

fantasy films, visiting Disney Parks, and attending live music performances, especially those by

Jimmy Buffet; and

     WHEREAS, In addition to his wife, Debra, Mr. Jackson leaves behind his sons, Ben and

Teddy Jackson, and their mother and his former spouse, Pam Perry Jackson. He also leaves

behind his step-sons, Jacob and Colin Madore, his parents, Curtis Jackson and his wife, Myra,

and Judith Jackson, and his sister, Melinda Jackson Williams. He is also survived by his nephew

Ceasar Sumner and his precious yellow lab, Zoey; now, therefore be it

     RESOLVED, That this House of Representatives of the State of Rhode Island hereby

expresses its deepest condolences on the passing of Timothy Alan Jackson; and be it further

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

transmit duly certified copies of this resolution to Mrs. Debra Cerel, Ben Jackson, Teddy Jackson,

Jacob Madore, Colin Madore, and Melinda Jackson Williams.

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