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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
Nina Lynette Gilbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert was born on October 8, 1986 in Blue |
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| Island to Leonard K. Gilbert III and Sharon Gilbert; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert started her academic career in 1989 |
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| at the Chesterfield Tom Thumb Daycare Center; she later went on |
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| to attend St. Joachim Catholic School, where she again |
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| demonstrated the gifts God gave her; she then attended St. |
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| Dorothy Catholic School after Joachim Catholic School closed |
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| down; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert finished her elementary education at |
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| St. John de la Salle Academy; Ms. Gilbert was the first |
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| elementary school student to win the prestigious Quentis Benard |
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| Garth Award in 1997; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert attended the Gwendolyn Brooks |
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| College Preparatory School (formerly the South Side College |
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| Preparatory School); Ms. Gilbert was honored to call the |
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| school's principal, the late Dr. Pamela Dyson, her friend and |
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| mentor; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert began working with the Leo Burnett |
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| Advertising Company in downtown Chicago after finishing her |
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| sophomore year of high school; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert attended the Florida Agriculture & |
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| Mechanics University (FAMU) in Tallahassee, Florida; while |
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| attending FAMU, Ms. Gilbert served as the Vice President of the |
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| FAMU Chicago Club; she was also a volunteer for the Student |
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| Government Association and a member of the FAMU Bowling Team; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert accepted the Lord Jesus Christ as her |
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| personal savior in May of 1995 and was baptized on July 2, 1995 |
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| at the Trinity United Church of Christ under the pastoral |
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| leadership of Reverend Dr. Jeremiah A. Wright, Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert made her transition to eternal life |
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| on Sunday, July 20, 2008 at the mere age of 21; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert was preceded in death by her sister, |
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| Danielle, and her maternal grandparents, James and Mary |
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| Montgomery; and
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| WHEREAS, Nina Gilbert leaves to cherish her memories her |
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| loving parents, Leonard III and Sharon Gilbert; her brother, |
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| Leonard IV; her grandparents, Lenard and Lillian Gilbert; her |
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| aunt, Gail Portis; her uncles, Paul (Yolanda) Montgomery, |
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| William Gilbert, Leslie Grant, Nathaniel Grant, Darren |
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| Gilbert, and Carlton Gilbert; her cousins, Anthony (Tomica) |
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| Portis and DuWayne Sr.( Verona); her "Special Portis Boys", |
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| Tyler, Tariq, and DuWayne Jr.; and an abundance of relatives, |
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| church family members, and 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 Nina Lynette Gilbert; |
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| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Nina Lynette Gilbert as an |
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| expression of our sympathy.
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