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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois |
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| learned with sadness of the death of Minister Cleveland Gray, |
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| Sr., of Alton on December 29, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, The fourth child of the late Willie Tom and Susie |
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| Mae (Johnson) Gray, he was born February 10, 1930, in Wetumpka, |
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| Alabama; and
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| WHEREAS, A graduate of Alton High School, he attended |
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| college and worked at Chemetco as a plant supervisor, retiring |
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| after 22 years of service; he was a U.S. Marine Corps veteran, |
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| having served as a lance corporal in the Korean War; in 1957, |
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| he became a member of St. James Baptist Church, where he served |
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| as a deacon for many years and was serving as associate |
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| minister of the church at the time of his death; and
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| WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents; his son, |
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| Cleveland Gray, Jr.; his sister, Betty Silas; and his brothers, |
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| Thomas W. and David Gray; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Minister Cleveland Gray, Sr., will |
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| be felt by all who knew and loved him, especially his wife, the |
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| former Fannie M. Little; his sons, Kenneth Edwin Gray, Sr., |
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| James Edward Clark Sr. (Cora), and Alex Lamont Gray; his |
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| daughters, Tamara Gray-McKinney and Michelle Gray-Clemons; his |
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| grandchildren; his great-grandchildren, Aaron Gray and Daela |
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| Gray; his sisters, W. Ruth Robinson and Nettie Turner; his |
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| brothers, James (Barbara) Gray and Willie (Ruby) Gray; his |
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| daughter-in-law, Serena Gray; and several nieces, nephews, and |
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| cousins; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Minister Cleveland Gray, Sr., and we extend our sincerest |