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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to |
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| learn of the death of Louis Perkins of Alton, who passed away |
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| on December 5, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins was born on August 11, 1932; his |
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| parents were Cora Scott-Harris and Arnold Scott; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended the Edwardsville and Alton public |
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| schools; and he served in the United States Air Force; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins was a bricklayer for Laclede Steel |
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| for 33 years, retiring in 1995; and he worked for 10 years as a |
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| security guard at Lewis and Clark Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins is survived by his mother, Cora; his |
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| ex-wives, Lena Simpson Perkins and Eva Smith Perkins; his sons, |
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| Joseph Simpson, Louis R. Perkins, and Charles C. Perkins; his |
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| stepson, Lamont Smith; his daughters, Janie Couselt, Deborah |
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| (Ronald) Betts, and Mary "Penny" Perkins; his five |
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| grandchildren; his five great-grandchildren; his sisters, |
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| Carolyn Fields, Phyllis (Henry) Moore, Virginia Marie Perkins, |
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| Sallie (Albert) Wilkerson, and Edna Perkins; his stepsister, |
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| Tyra Taylor; his special friend, Orville D. Johnson; his |
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| special cousin, Myrtle Ahart; and his nieces, nephews, cousins, |