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HOUSE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of 
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Lillie 
4Mae Sutherland of Chicago, who passed away on September 2, 
52011; and
  
 
6    WHEREAS, She was born on April 16, 1922 in Sunflower 
7County, Mississippi to the late Marion Brown and Ionia (Morris) 
8Brown Dotson; she moved to Chicago after attending high school 
9for 3 years; and
  
 
10    WHEREAS, In Chicago, she reconnected with Edmund 
11Sutherland, who she had met years earlier and they were married 
12on June 29, 1942; she joined with Bethel A.M.E. Church and 
13became President of the Third Board of Stewardess; she worked 
14as a maid on the Northside of Chicago and later with the 
15Chicago Dynamic Coin Company; she retired from Stern 
16Electronics later in life; and
  
 
17    WHEREAS, She liked to work on quilts, puzzle books, watch 
18her favorite Chicago sports team, or watch soap operas; and

  
 
19    WHEREAS, Lillie Mae Sutherland is survived by her 
20grandchildren, Scott (Prinscilla) Alexander, Kim Sutherland, 
21Dorita (Aaron) Carson, and Jerry (Lea) Roberts; her 
 
 
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1great-grandchildren, Quenton Davis, Akiya and Stephyn 
2Alexander, Janelle, Candace, Cinque, and Czar Carson, and 
3Jessica and Victor Roberts; her great-great-grandchildren; her 
4special niece, Ruth Boyd; her sister/cousins, Lucy Richardson 
5and Semarian Robinson; her Lake Vista Bible study group; her 
6Bethel Church family; and a host of relatives and friends; 
7therefore, be it
  
 
8    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE 
9NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that 
10we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of 
11Lillie Mae Sutherland; and be it further
  
 
12    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
13presented to the family of Lillie Mae Sutherland as a symbol of 
14our sincere sympathy.