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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2    WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of
3Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Mother
4Letha West, who passed away on October 13, 2016; and
 
5    WHEREAS, Letha West was born on July 13, 1916 in Crystal
6Springs, Mississippi; her parents were Louella and Green
7Lofton; she married William West, Jr. on June 15, 1940; and
 
8    WHEREAS, Letha West was educated in Greenville,
9Mississippi, where she received her elementary and secondary
10education certificates; in the late 1940s, she and her husband
11moved to Chicago, where they became members of Zion Hill
12Missionary Baptist Church in 1948; she worked diligently at
13Zion Hill on the Nurses Board and the Mother's Board; she also
14enjoyed Sunday school; and
 
15    WHEREAS, Letha West worked in manufacturing at John E. Fast &
16 Company for over 25 years, where she developed condensers
17until her retirement; and
 
18    WHEREAS, Letha West was preceded in death by her parents
19and her siblings, David Lofton, Sr. (Becky), Neasie Lofton
20Price (Riley), and Mother Pinkie Lee (James) Ward; and
 

 

 

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1    WHEREAS, Letha West is survived by her daughters, Doris
2Vernell and Shirley Ann; her sons-in-law, Charles Myhand and
3Frank Quabena Antwi-Barfi; her brother, Frederick (Roxie)
4Penner; her sister, Arveal "Pat" (Julius) Scott; her
5grandchildren, Kuchambi Charles (Laurie) Myhand, Osayande
6William Myhand, Shomari Abasi Myhand, Amma Letha Antwi-Barfi,
7and Adwoa Victoria Antwi-Barfi; her great-granddaughter, Nandi
8Burton Myhand; her nieces, Denese Penner-Smith, Min. Julia Lee
9(Calvin) Carter, Pinkie (Rev. Thaddeus) Wills, Cassandra
10Jenkins (O'Brian), Aleria Michelle Lofton, Gwendolyn Smith
11Johnson, Grace Rowell, and Denise (Gary) Moore; her nephews,
12Zachery Penner, Riley Price, Jr., Cornell (Anita) Scott, John
13Smith, Jr., Alaric Penner (Meredith Yacar), Julius Scott, Jr.,
14and Stanley Troy Scott; her great-nieces, Amana Johari Hemy
15(Ray), Cyntria Richardson, Charmaine Street, Latonya (Marcus)
16Turner, and Leticia Wills; her great-nephews, Asante Allen and
17Rashad David Lofton; and many other relatives, special friends,
18and church families; therefore, be it
 
19    RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
20NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
21we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of
22Mother Letha West; and be it further
 
23    RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
24presented to the family of Letha West as an expression of our

 

 

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