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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Emma Grier of Springfield, who passed
4 away on May 11, 2008; and
 
5     WHEREAS, She was born October 22, 1922, in Russell County,
6 Alabama, the daughter of the late George and Emma Walton; and
 
7     WHEREAS, She was united in marriage to Willie Grier Sr. on
8 December 3, 1936; to this union were born five sons and five
9 daughters; and
 
10     WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, Willie
11 Grier Sr.; her sons, Willie II, Vincent, and Quentin; her five
12 brothers; and a great grandson; and
 
13     WHEREAS, She leaves to cherish precious memories, her two
14 sons, Johnny (Kitty) Grier and Mark (Audrey) Grier; her five
15 daughters, Shirley Foster, JoAnn Daugherty, Jacqueline
16 (Joseph) Grier-Fluellen, Sherry (Robert) Williams, and Juanita
17 Grier; as well as a host of grandchildren, great-grandchildren,
18 nieces, nephews, dear friends, and special neighbors;
19 therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL

 

 

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1 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
2 her family and friends, the passing of Emma Grier; and be it
3 further
 
4     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
5 presented to the family of Emma Grier as a symbol of our
6 sincere sympathy.