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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
| 3 | | learn of the death of Pearl "Sweetie" Bell, who passed away on |
| 4 | | December 15, 2017; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Pearl Bell was born
in Montgomery, Alabama to |
| 6 | | Estelle Sankey on October 20, 1930; she attended Booker T. |
| 7 | | Washington High School; she moved to Chicago in the early 1950s |
| 8 | | and married Emanuel Bell; and
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| 9 | | WHEREAS, Pearl Bell worked at the Reed Candy Company and |
| 10 | | Burlington Coat Factory
before becoming a full time caretaker |
| 11 | | for her granddaughter, "lil angel, Kelli"; and
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| 12 | | WHEREAS, Pearl Bell joined Pleasant Green Missionary |
| 13 | | Baptist
Church in 1976 and was an active and well-loved member |
| 14 | | on the Ushers Board
for many years; she loved her family and |
| 15 | | was an active leader of the
Sankey Family Club, which planned |
| 16 | | family reunions, picnics, parties,
and other events; and
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| 17 | | WHEREAS, Pearl Bell was preceded in death by her
mother, |
| 18 | | Estelle Sankey; her sister, Charlie Mae Robinson; and her |
| 19 | | grandson, Darrin Bell; and
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| 20 | | WHEREAS, Pearl Bell is survived by her husband of 65 years, |
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| 1 | | Emanuel; her sons, Cornell,
Jerome (Veronica), and Roderick |
| 2 | | (Denise); her daughter,
Elaine (Daniel); her grandchildren, |
| 3 | | Cornell Jr., Craig (Miown),
Corey, Rodderick, Marcus, Sean, |
| 4 | | Derrick, and Kelli; her great-grandchildren, Jalisa, Janiya, |
| 5 | | Derrick Jr., Curon, and Darrious; her nieces, Aquanetta |
| 6 | | (Willie) Street, Gwen (Mike) Pruitt, Kimberly
Chillous, Tracey |
| 7 | | Bell, LaToya Bell, and Rita (Merrill) Chandler; her
nephews, |
| 8 | | Horace (Lill) Burton, Anthony (Carolyn) Burton, Steven
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| 9 | | Chillous, and Ronald (Yonnie) Anderson; her brother, James Earl |
| 10 | | (Jackie)
Chillous; her special uncle, James (Desiree) Sankey; |
| 11 | | her in-laws, Edmonia
Covington and Harvey and Clettus "CR" |
| 12 | | Bell; and many friends, other relatives,
and her Pleasant Green |
| 13 | | church family; therefore, be it
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| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL |
| 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
| 16 | | Pearl "Sweetie" Bell, and extend our sincere condolences to her |
| 17 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
| 18 | | further
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| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
| 20 | | presented to the family of Pearl Bell as an expression of our |
| 21 | | deepest sympathy.
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