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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened 
3to learn of the death of Annette Reid Nolan, who passed away on 
4January 23, 2022 at the age of 83; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Annette Reid Nolan was born to Reverend  Milton 
6Prentiss Reid and Myra W. Phelps in Fort Smith, Arkansas on 
7November 23, 1938; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, Annette Reid Nolan was smart and athletic; she 
9played piano in church and won a statewide singing contest in 
10Virginia; she was crowned homecoming queen her senior year of 
11high school; and
  
 
12    WHEREAS, Annette Reid Nolan lived in Richmond, Virginia 
13and worked at the Bank of Richmond; she went to nursing school 
14at Birmingham Baptist Hospital, met her husband, and 
15participated in the Civil Rights Movement in Alabama; she and 
16her husband moved to Chicago around 1966; and
 
17    WHEREAS, Annette Reid Nolan found her calling in 
18psychiatry, working as a psychiatric nurse at Michael Reese 
19Hospital and as a nurse manager on a psychiatric-substance use 
20inpatient unit at the Hines VA Medical Center; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Annette Reid Nolan earned a Bachelor of Arts in 
2Art History from St. Xavier University; she loved reading, 
3bird-watching, action movies, football, koi ponds, driving 
4fast, gardening, cooking Indian and Mexican dinners, the Sugar 
5Hill Gang, civic involvement, MSNBC, Stephen Colbert, and 
6watching dolphins swim the Atlantic from her porch perch in 
7Kitty Hawk, North Carolina; she offered an accepting, loving 
8ear for one's personal crisis, struggle, or story; and
  
 
9    WHEREAS, At the time of her passing, Annette Reid Nolan 
10was survived by her children, Kisten Devine Nolan and Verdant 
11(Philip Ravia Reid) Nolan; her grandchildren, Nicholas Philip 
12Laughton, Kye (Kisten Leslie) Nolan, Thea Day Atkins, and 
13Kendall Brinkley Laughton; and many nieces and nephews; 
14therefore, be it
  
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL 
16ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of 
17Annette Reid Nolan and extend our sincere condolences to her 
18family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it 
19further
  
 
20    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
21presented to the family of Annette Reid Nolan as an expression 
22of our deepest sympathy.