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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
Katie Singletary, who passed away on |
| 4 | | April 22, 2012; and
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| 5 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary was born on April 17, 1929, in |
| 6 | | Roundpond, Arkansas; her parents were Earnest and Louise |
| 7 | | Burton; she married Harrison Singletary in 1952; and
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| 8 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary attended Woodbine School in |
| 9 | | Shelby, Mississippi where she played her favorite sport, |
| 10 | | baseball; and
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| 11 | | WHEREAS, While living in Mississippi, Katie Singletary |
| 12 | | attended Hopewell Church; after relocating to Chicago, she |
| 13 | | joined the Prince of Peace Missionary Baptist Church under the |
| 14 | | leadership of W.L. Upshire and later Bishop Henry Holloway; she |
| 15 | | also enjoyed attending the Greater Rock Church under the |
| 16 | | leadership of Pastor Floyd James and the Hope Community Church |
| 17 | | under the leadership of Pastor Steve Epting; and
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| 18 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary enjoyed bowling with the |
| 19 | | Saturday Night Good Times Bowling League; she was also a long |
| 20 | | time member of the Beautifying Club and she loved studying and |
| 21 | | hearing the word of God; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary will be fondly remembered by her |
| 2 | | family and friends for her infectious smile and her |
| 3 | | affectionate nature; and
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| 4 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary was preceded in death by her |
| 5 | | parents; and
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| 6 | | WHEREAS, Katie Singletary is survived by her sons, James |
| 7 | | (Faye), Earnest (Karen), and Otto (Camille); her |
| 8 | | grandchildren, Latonia Brown (Denoris), Anthony, Denise |
| 9 | | Foster, DeVontae Blanks, James Jr., Candace, Christopher, and |
| 10 | | Savannah; her 10 great-grandchildren; her siblings, James |
| 11 | | Wright (Elizabeth), Mary Carr (James), and Martha Smiley |
| 12 | | (Eddie); her uncle, AC Childress (Tammy); her many loving |
| 13 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; her spiritual mother, |
| 14 | | Ms. Bessie McCloud; and the extended family that she cared for |
| 15 | | after her retirement, Robin, Nina, Sullivan, Bailey, Emily, |
| 16 | | Jack, Isabella, and Cecilia; therefore, be it
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| 17 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL |
| 18 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with |
| 19 | | her family and friends, the passing of Katie Singletary; and be |
| 20 | | it further
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| 21 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be |