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SENATE RESOLUTION

  
 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to 
3learn of the death of  Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton of Chicago, who 
4passed away on January 29, 2013; and
  
 
5    WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton was born on June 2, 1997; her 
6parents were Anthony and Cleopatra Pendleton; and
  
 
7    WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton accepted the Lord as her personal 
8savior at the Christian Covenant Baptist Church; in October of 
92007, she and her family joined the Greater Deliverance Temple 
10Church of Church; she was also a member of the church's Youth 
11and Teen Ministries and worked with the church's Teen Praise 
12Dance and nursery; and
  
 
13    WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton began her education at the Small 
14Stride Academy; she subsequently attended Schoop Academy, 
15Marva Collins, Providence St. Mel, Donoghue (UIC), Carter G. 
16Woodson, and Martin Luther King College Prep; she aspired to 
17major in pharmacology and journalism in college; and

  
 
18    WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton is survived by her parents; her 
19brother, Nathaniel; and her many aunts, uncles, cousins, 
20godparents, community parents, and friends; therefore, be it
  
 
 
 
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1    RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL 
2ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with 
3her family and friends, the passing of Hadiya Zaymara 
4Pendleton; and be it further
  
 
5    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be 
6presented to the family of Hadiya Pendleton as an expression of 
7our sympathy.