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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | ||||||
| 3 | learn of the death of Gretta Viola (Spivey) Whitted, a lifelong | ||||||
| 4 | resident of Joliet, who passed away on November 22, 2016; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted was born in Joliet to Willie and | ||||||
| 6 | Ruby Spivey on September 16, 1937; she was educated in the | ||||||
| 7 | Joliet Public Schools and, upon high school graduation, | ||||||
| 8 | attended The Art Institute of Chicago; and
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| 9 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted worked at APSA and then the City of | ||||||
| 10 | Joliet, from where she retired; and | ||||||
| 11 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted was a founder of the Joliet Chapter | ||||||
| 12 | of National Hook-Up of Black Women, Inc.; and
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| 13 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted was a well-versed traveler, | ||||||
| 14 | painter, photographer, and gardener; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted was preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 16 | grandparents, Odie and Sally Mitchell, and Rev. J.P. and Minnie | ||||||
| 17 | Spivey; her parents, Willie and Ruby Spivey; her aunts, Viola | ||||||
| 18 | Hatten, and Sadie Spivey; her uncles, Warren Mitchell, J.C. | ||||||
| 19 | Mitchell, and Rhea Spivey; and her cousins, Raymond Spivey, | ||||||
| 20 | Jesse Cecil Mitchell, Eddie Dorris, Judy Roberts, Debra Ray, | ||||||
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| 1 | and Jeffery Stevens; and
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| 2 | WHEREAS, Gretta Whitted is survived by her loving and | ||||||
| 3 | devoted husband of 58 years, Curtis Whitted; her only child, | ||||||
| 4 | Robin Michelle Whitted; her brother, William "Billy" (Shirley) | ||||||
| 5 | Spivey; her sisters, Jacqueline "Jackie" (Clarence Jr.) | ||||||
| 6 | Westbrooks, and Marie Spivey; her brother and sisters-in-law, | ||||||
| 7 | James Whitted, Barbara Williams, and Betty Callett; her | ||||||
| 8 | godchildren, Tara R. Spivey, and Brandon Stevens; her aunt, | ||||||
| 9 | Belle Mitchell; her cousins, Ara Jean Sams, Francine Stevens, | ||||||
| 10 | Donald Dennison, Michael Dennison, Diane Thomas, Larry Spivey, | ||||||
| 11 | Brian Spivey, Beatrice Spivey, and Lynette Spivey; and numerous | ||||||
| 12 | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 13 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 14 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 15 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Gretta Viola Whitted, | ||||||
| 16 | and extend our sincere condolences to her family, friends, and | ||||||
| 17 | all who knew and loved her; and be it further
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| 18 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 19 | presented to the family of Gretta Whitted as an expression of | ||||||
| 20 | our deepest sympathy.
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