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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Rufus Williams Sr. of Chicago, who passed
4 away on July 16, 2007; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Rufus Williams Sr. was born in 1928 in Rayville,
6 Louisiana; he married Dicye Williams in 1951; and
 
7     WHEREAS, Rufus Williams Sr. worked at the Sun Chemical
8 Corporation for 35 years until his retirement in 1992; and
 
9     WHEREAS, Rufus Williams Sr. was very active in church
10 activities; he was a member of the Greater Garfield Park
11 Missionary Baptist Church for 56 years, where he served as
12 deacon and trustee for the church and founded its usher board;
13 and
 
14     WHEREAS, Despite his work and church related activities,
15 Rufus Williams Sr. always made time to be with his children,
16 teaching them "cut-throat" dominoes and his views on the
17 importance of education in their lives; and
 
18     WHEREAS, Rufus Williams Sr. is survived by his children,
19 Rufus, Carol, Leroy, Virginia Lewis, and Delores Williams; and
20 his 11 grandchildren; therefore, be it
 

 

 

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1     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL
2 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
3 his family and friends, the passing of Rufus Williams Sr.; and
4 be it further
 
5     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
6 presented to the family of Rufus Williams Sr. as an expression
7 of our sympathy.