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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of Charles Alton Cook of Chicago, who passed 
4away on January 7, 2011; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, He was born on August 10, 1932 to Jesse and 
6Rebecca Cook in Magnolia, Mississippi; he received his 
7education in the Pike County School System in Magnolia; and
  
 
8    WHEREAS, He confessed his love for Christ at an early age 
9and was baptized at Rose Hill Baptist Church; he met and 
10married Ruth Omega Hurst in 1952; and
  
 
11    WHEREAS, He moved to Chicago in 1952 and joined the Great 
12Hope Baptist Church; he worked for The Pyle National Company, 
13retiring in 1994; and
  
 
14    WHEREAS, He later united with the New Philadelphia Baptist 
15Church, where he met and married Sara Howard in 1989; he 
16confessed his calling to the gospel in 1990 and united with 
17Christ First Church; and
 
18    WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his first wife, Ruth 
19and his son, Marc; and
  
 
 
 
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1    WHEREAS, Charles Alton Cook is survived by his wife, Sara; 
2his sisters, Jaunita Tucker and Christine Allen; his brothers, 
3Reverend Walter L. Cook and Albert Cook; his children, Alton 
4(Veronica), Linda, Lorraine, Barbara, Theartis, Jenell 
5(Ronald), Juan, Samuel (Dorothy), James (Heike), and Rita; his 
610 grandchildren; his 23 great-grandchildren; and a host of 
7nieces, nephews, cousins, relatives, and friends; therefore, 
8be it
  
 
9    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL 
10ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
11his family and friends, the passing of Charles Alton Cook; and 
12be it further
  
 
13    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
14presented to the family of Charles Alton Cook as a symbol of 
15our sincere sympathy.