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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
Ruby Butler, who passed away on December |
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| 11, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler was born as "Dear Me" on January 23, |
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| 1926, in Opelika, Alabama; her parents were Offie and Lillie |
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| Pitts; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler was raised with her siblings in Salem, |
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| Alabama; she attended Flint Hill School and later changed her |
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| name to Ruby prior to starting high school; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler accepted Christ at an early age; she |
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| attended Weeping Mary Baptist Church in Salem, Alabama; she |
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| later attended the Greater Rock M.B. Church in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler was employed as a domestic worker |
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| during high school; she later married McClain "Frank" Butler |
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| and moved with him to Chicago, where the couple had 4 children; |
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| and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler enjoyed cooking, gardening, and |
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| spending time with her family; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler was preceded in death by her parents; |
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| her husband, McClain; her siblings, Mattie Mae Butler, John |
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| Wesley Pitts, and Benjamin Frederick Pitts; her sons, Charles |
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| and Earl Butler; and her grandson, Winslow Redmond; and
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| WHEREAS, Ruby Butler is survived by her sisters, Malissie |
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| McCullor, Evergreen Dotson, and Fanniet Means; her daughters, |
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| Lucy (Bobby) Redmond Wright and Juanita (David) Braggs; her |
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| daughters-in-law, Sylvia Butler and Diane Butler; her |
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| grandchildren, Rochelle (Elwin) Simpson, Wynona Redmond, |
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| Frederick (Danielle) Redmond, Jesse Ellebb, Dessie Reynolds, |
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| Kesha Braggs, Charlotte (John Butler Myers, Earl Butler, Dearl |
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| Butler, Wanda Butler, and Lucerinda Butler; and her many |
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| great-grandchildren, cousins, nieces, nephews, and friends; |
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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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| her family and friends, the passing of Ruby Butler; and be it |
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| further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |
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| presented to the family of Ruby Butler as an expression of our |
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| sympathy.
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