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SENATE RESOLUTION

 
2     WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to
3 learn of the death of Charlotte Louise Miller, who passed away
4 on April 20, 2009; and
 
5     WHEREAS, Charlotte Miller was born on January 20, 1940 in
6 Duncan, Mississippi; her parents were the late Walter and Katie
7 Melton; and
 
8     WHEREAS, Charlotte Miller confessed her hope in Christ at
9 New Friendship Missionary Baptist Church under the leadership
10 of Reverend Benjamin J. Holmes; and
 
11     WHEREAS, Charlotte Miller was employed with the Lake County
12 Rehabilitation Center in East Chicago for many years; and
 
13     WHEREAS, Charlotte Miller was preceded in death by her
14 parents; her daughters, Lorraine Blair and Charlene Smith; her
15 grandchildren, Oscar Kelly III, Kenyall Dante Blair, and Debria
16 Walker; her sisters, Dora Mae Kendricks and Katie Blair; her
17 brothers, Reverend Willie Melton and Walter Melton Jr.; and her
18 nephew, Westley Herrod Jr.; and
 
19     WHEREAS, Charlotte Miller is survived by her husband,
20 Robert Miller; her daughters, Gwendolyn (James) Cates, Tina

 

 

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1 Fade, and LaTonya Blair; her sons, Ronald Blair, Harbest
2 (Anita) Blair, Michael Blair, and Lionel Blair; her 47
3 grandchildren and 46 great-grandchildren; her sisters, Ruth
4 Cooley, Corrine Farrow, and Ernestine Melton; her brothers,
5 Lyndell Melton and Eddie Melton; her aunt, Lillie Davis; and
6 her many nephews, nieces, other relatives, and friends;
7 therefore, be it
 
8     RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL
9 ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with
10 her family and friends, the passing of Charlotte Louise Miller;
11 and be it further
 
12     RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be
13 presented to the family of Charlotte Miller as an expression of
14 our sympathy.