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HOUSE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, State Representative Monique D. Davis and the
3 members of the House of Representatives of the State of
4 Illinois learned with sadness of the death of Charlie B.
5 Ragland, Sr., of Memphis, Tennessee, on Monday, January 9,
6 2006; and
 
7     WHEREAS, He graduated from Barrets Chapel High School,
8 which he attended from kindergarten through twelfth grade; and
 
9     WHEREAS, He valiantly served our country as a member of the
10 U.S. Army for three years; he married Aretta Westbrook Ragland
11 in 1948; together, they shared 58 years and parented four sons
12 and four daughters; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland was a lifelong church leader at Oak
14 Spring Baptist Church in Arlington, Tennessee; he was retired
15 from E.I. DuPont Chemical Co.; and
 
16     WHEREAS, Mr. Ragland's son, Alan V. Ragland, is the Senior
17 Pastor of Third Baptist Church of Chicago, located in the
18 legislative district of State Representative Monique D. Davis;
19 therefore, be it
 
20     RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE
21 NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that
22 we mourn the passing of Mr. Charlie B. Ragland, Sr., and we
23 extend our deepest sympathy to his family, friends, and all who
24 knew and loved him; and be it further
 
25     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
26 presented to his family as an expression of our sincerest
27 condolences.