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1 SENATE RESOLUTION
2 WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate were saddened
3 to learn of the death of Millie Brown of Chicago, Illinois;
4 and
5 WHEREAS, Millie Lucille Freeman Brown was born in
6 Chicago, Illinois on June 6, 1937; the daughter of James and
7 Lettie Freeman, Millie was the fourth of fifteen children,
8 and was given the nickname "Will"; and
9 WHEREAS, Millie lived all her life on the south side of
10 Chicago, where she graduated from Drake Elementary and Dunbar
11 Vocational High School; while attending Dunbar she learned
12 how to be a milliner; after graduation she worked for a brief
13 period as a milliner as well as working at Spiegel on 35th
14 Street; and
15 WHEREAS, Millie made the decision to go into a career she
16 loved and became a licensed beautician; Millie also helped
17 out in her brother George's West Coast Video Store; and
18 WHEREAS, Millie married Valentine Brown, Sr. on September
19 26, 1963 in Chicago, Illinois; together they had one son,
20 Valentine Brown, Jr.; and
21 WHEREAS, Millie is survived by a loving family, including
22 her son Valentine; her daughter-in-law Sonji Denise; her
23 grandchildren Valentine III, Dominique Charles Anthony, and
24 Breanna Denise; her mother-in-law Mary Parker; her brothers
25 Joseph James and his wife Harriett, George Lee, Edward Allen,
26 John Leslie and his wife Franchester, and Donald Roy; her
27 sisters Evelyn Elizabeth and her husband George, Annie Lettie
28 Marie, Yvonne Charlotte, Doris Jean and her husband
29 Cornelius, Lorraine Sheila, Lillian Augustine and her husband
30 Michael, and Donna Ruth and her husband Tommy; brothers and
31 sisters-in-law Jacene (Leon), Archie Gene, Betty Ruth
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1 (Charles), Gary (Linda), Floyd Thomas (Connie), Louise, and
2 Mignon; her aunts Ruth Outlaw, Nora Nixon, Emma Freeman,
3 Mercedes Freeman, and Ruth Emanuel; as well as several
4 nieces, nephews, cousins, and many friends; therefore, be it
5 RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETIETH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
6 OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of Millie
7 Brown of Chicago, Illinois and extend our sincere condolences
8 to her family and friends; and be it further
9 RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
10 presented to the family of Millie Brown of Chicago, Illinois
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