AL HR274

Mourns the death of Tyron Tequil Bennett, who died on January 18, 2017, at age seventeen.

Recognizes Bennett as a sophomore student at Fairfield High Preparatory School and member of the Sigma Beta Club of Birmingham who won the SCLC Oratorical contest for two years, earning the title "Young Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr."

Notes Bennett was baptized on May 4, 2014, and was a member of Friendship Missionary Baptist Church.

Records the death with deep sorrow and offers tribute to his short but meaningful life and sympathies to his family.