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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 regret of the death of Agatha Simmonds of North |
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| Chicago on Saturday, January 21, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Simmonds was born on July 9, 1903 in St. |
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| Catherine, Jamaica; she migrated to the United States in 1981; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Simmonds was a member of Living Faith United |
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| Methodist Church; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Simmonds was blessed with a long life that |
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| was filled with love; at the time of her death, she was 102 |
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| years old; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by three sons, three |
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| daughters, and a great-grandson; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Agatha Simmonds has been deeply |
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| felt by many, especially her daughters, Victoria (Cecil) |
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| Rodney, Florida Levy, and Cacheta Francis; her son, Donald |
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| Francis; her grandchildren, Sandra (Joseph) Sproul, Patrick |
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| Menzie, Lelcent (Stephane) Menzie, Derrick (Pamela) Francis, |
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| Novia (Eric) Hewitt, Opal Francis, Novlette and Ryan Francis, |
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| Caroline Francis, and Lakeisha and Lateisha Gooden; her |
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| twenty-three great-grandchildren; her ten great-grandchildren; |
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| and a host of other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| Agatha Simmonds, and we extend our sincerest condolences to her |
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| family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it |
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| further
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