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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 Mozell Shavers of Chicago, who passed |
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| away on March 20, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Mozell Shavers was born on September 10, 1937 in |
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| Montgomery, Alabama; her parents were Luevenia and Ralph |
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| Shavers Sr.; and
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| WHEREAS, She confessed her hope in Jesus Christ at Stone |
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| Temple Missionary Baptist Church at an early age; she graduated |
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| from Richard T. Crane High School and received her Bachelor's |
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| degree in education from Northeastern College; and
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| WHEREAS, Mozell Shavers worked for the Chicago Public |
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| Schools for 40 years; she served as a union steward for many |
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| schools and on various union committees, as well as the local |
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| school council; she retired from Oscar DePriest Elementary |
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| School in 2003; and she also served as an election judge for |
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| many years; and
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| WHEREAS, Mozell Shavers was known as the Queen of pound |
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| cakes and for her cooking; she cooked for schools, family |
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| functions, and her friends; the staff of Christopher and Mary |
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| Lyons schools loved her turkey and dressing; she did holiday |
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| cakes, pies, dressing, and all the trimmings for holiday |
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| orders; she would tell her niece, Venus, that she would someday |
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| carry on the torch in cooking; and
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| WHEREAS, Mozell Shavers was preceded in death by her |
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| parents, Ralph Shavers Sr. and Luevenia Shavers; her brothers, |
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| Johnny, Lamont, and Ralph Shavers, Jr.; and her daughter, |
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| Valerie Shavers; and
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| WHEREAS, Mozell Shavers leaves to celebrate her life: her |
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| children, Daryl Shavers (Lucy), Valeda Shavers, and Charnell |
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| Sanders (Edward); her sisters, Katie Lindsey (Arthur), Elnora |
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| Haralson (James), Velma Shavers (Robert), and Delores Shavers; |
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| her brothers, Vernon Shavers (Alexandria), and Mark Shavers |
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| (Yvonne); her grandchildren, Daryl Jr., James, Chantell, |
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| Melanie, Brittany, Katrina, Chanell, Jerome, Scharell, Daryl |
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| III, Edward Jr., William, and Jaylin; her four |
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| great-grandchildren; her many nieces, nephews, cousins, and |
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| friends; her friend, Betty Allen Greene, who encouraged her to |
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| become a teacher; her friends, Bobby Jean Portis and Janet |
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| Anderson; and her special daughter, Ethel Collier; therefore, |
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| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL |
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| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
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| her family and friends, the passing of Mozell Shavers; and be |