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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
Bernice Caldwell of Alton, who passed |
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| away on December 13, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was born on July 22, 1929 in |
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| Alton; her parents were Jason and Nancy (Kimbrough) Holloway; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was a graduate of Alton High |
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| School; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was employed with Millers Mutual |
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| Insurance Co. and Alton School District 11, where she served as |
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| a bus monitor; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was a member of the Morning Star |
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| Baptist Church, where she served as Mother of the Church, |
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| condolence clerk, and as chairperson of Women's Day; she served |
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| as a board member of the Alton Branch of the NAACP; she also |
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| served as the Resident Commissioner of the Alton Housing |
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| Authority; and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell was preceded in death by her |
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| parents, Jason and Nancy; her husband, Henry Caldwell; John |
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| Smith; her granddaughter, Tabitha Mike; her grandson, DaRon |
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| Hearn; her three great-grandsons; her brothers, Robert |
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| Holloway and John Holloway; and her sister, Willia Mae Watson; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Bernice Caldwell is survived by her sons, Ronald |
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| Caldwell (Janice), Henry Caldwell, John Caldwell (Susan), |
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| Derrick Smith, and Larry Smith; her daughters, Beverly Kaiser, |
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| Debra Bradley, Patricia Mack (Cedric), Marsha K. Smith, and |
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| Felicia Caldwell; her 35 grandchildren and 48 |
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| great-grandchildren; her sisters, Nancy Harris (John), |
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| Mercedes Frazier, and Joyce Goings; her brothers, Rudolph |
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| Holloway, James Holloway (Betty), and Alvin Holloway; her best |
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| friend of 70 years, Joann Searles, and her special friend, Ann |
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| Scott-Jordon; and her many nieces, nephews, cousins, and |
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| friends; therefore, 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 Bernice Caldwell; and be |
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| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Bernice Caldwell as an expression of |
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| our sympathy.
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