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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
Mary Eloise Cockrum, nee Seymour, of |
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| Belleville, who passed away on February 19, 2010; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was born on March 10, 1920, in |
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| Benton; her parents were John Floyd "Happy" Seymour and Hettie |
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| Austin Seymour; she married George Haskell Cockrum in 1940; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was well known as a gifted pianist, |
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| writer, and teacher; she graduated from Southern Illinois |
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| University in Carbondale at the age of 50; she served her |
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| community as a Worthy Matron in the Eastern Star; she taught |
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| Sunday school at the Sesser First Baptist Church; she was an |
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| advertising writer and buyer at the Krupnick Advertising Agency |
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| in St. Louis; she also managed a dairy farm and apple orchard |
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| in Sesser for 70 years with her husband; and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum was preceded in death by her husband; |
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| her son, John Seymour Cockrum; her parents; her sister, Helen |
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| Faye Riddle (Jack); and her brother, John Seymour (Lois); and
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| WHEREAS, Mary Cockrum and her husband were the parents of |
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| Brenda Faye Cockrum and Georgia Jean Cockrum Costello; her most |
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| cherished moments were spent with her grandchildren, Holly Jean |
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| Croak Midgett (James), Jerry Francis Costello II (Lori), Gina |
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| Maria Costello Terschluce (Steve), and John Patrick Costello |
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| (Lindsay); she took great pride in her great-grandchildren, |
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| Mary Caitlin Winston, Wyatt Luke Winston, John "Jay" |
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| Maximillian Sinovic, Jerry Francis Costello III, Victoria Jean |
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| Costello, Austin Patrick Keen, Georgia Danielle Costello, |
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| Emmajean Faye Hearty, Brenna Elizabeth Hearty, Rorey Patrick |
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| Keen, and Ireland Maureen Keen; she is survived by her brother, |
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| Frank Seymour (Elaine); and her nieces, nephews, and cousins, |
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| Phillip Riddle, Pam and Mark Nyman, Mary Mills, Debbie and |
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| Terry Griffith, Pat Lawwill, Jake Seymour, Steve and Jane |
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| Stanley, and Judy Costello; 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 Mary Eloise Cockrum; and |
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| 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 Mary Cockrum as an expression of our |
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| sympathy.
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