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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 Robert Lewis Stovall of Chicago, who 
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passed away on August 2, 2009; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He was born in Memphis, Tennessee, on October 29, 
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1932, and grew up in Stovall, Mississippi; he graduated from 
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Lawrenceville School in 1951, and received his B.A. in American 
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Studies from Vale College in 1955; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, He had a successful career in real estate in 
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Dallas and Chicago; and
  
 
  
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    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his brothers, William 
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Howard Stovall, III and Matthew Carter Stovall; and
  
 
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    WHEREAS, Robert Lewis Stovall is survived by his sister, 
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Marie Stovall Webster and her husband, William A. Webster, Jr.; 
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his sister-in-law, Nancy Gilmore Stovall, wife of his brother 
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Carter; his daughter, Marcy Tench Stovall and  her husband, Jim 
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Farnam, and their children, Zachary and Elsa Rose; his 
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daughter, Gavin Stovall Mullen and  her husband, Michael M. 
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Mullen, and their children, Anne, Jack, Claire, and Matt; his 
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daughter, Louise Stovall Holden and her husband, Mark V. 
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Holden, and their children, Molly, Clay, Kate, and Michael; his 
 


 






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daughter, Elizabeth Carter Stovall; his former wives, Diana 
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Tench Stovall and Verna Callahan Stovall; his companion, Nancy 
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Harris; and his many friends, buddies, and fishing mates; 
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therefore, be it
  
 
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    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL 
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ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
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his family and friends, the passing of Robert Stovall; 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 Robert Stovall as a symbol of our 
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sincere sympathy.