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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Vivian
4Bratton Wilson, who passed away on March 9, 2011; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was born on March 6, 1918; her
6parents were Effie Bomar and Luegemus Bratton; and
 
7    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson attended Englewood High School,
8Wilson Jr. College, and Roosevelt University, where she studied
9business and business administration; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson's father was the founder of Star
11Detective and Security Agency in Chicago; in her early years,
12she performed undercover work and other investigations for Star
13Detective and served as her father's part-time secretary,
14bookkeeper, payroll clerk, recruiter, hirer, and firer in the
151940s and 1950s; after her father's passing, she served as
16Star's president and treasurer for nearly 30 years, directing a
17business with 650 employees; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was licensed as a State of Illinois
19Private Security Contractor, State of Illinois Private
20Detective and State of Illinois Private Alarm Contractor; she
21had received numerous awards for outstanding work in the

 

 

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1security field and was named "Security Entrepreneur of the
2Year" by the Alpha Lambda Honorary Fraternity; and
 
3    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was a regular at the South Side
4Gospel Assembly, St. John AME Church, and Trinity United Church
5of Christ; and
 
6    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was preceded in death by her second
7husband, Clyde Wilson; her siblings, Howard Bratton, Leonard
8Bratton, and Paulina Bratton; and her granddaughter, Volora
9Watson; and
 
10    WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson is survived by her sister, Marcella
11(David) Gibson; her daughter Almeda (Irwin) Dunn; her
12granddaughter, Dominique (Charles) Wallace; and her
13great-grandchildren, Kenneth and Almeda Wallace; therefore, be
14it
 
15    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
16NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
17we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of
18Vivian Bratton Wilson; and be it further
 
19    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
20presented to the family of Vivian Wilson as an expression of
21our sympathy.