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| 1 | SENATE RESOLUTION
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| 2 | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | ||||||
| 3 | saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Charles Eugene Watson of | ||||||
| 4 | Chicago, who passed away on November 23, 2012; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was born in Halls, Tennessee, | ||||||
| 6 | on May 16, 1932, to Joseph Lewis and Mary Ella (nee Roundtree) | ||||||
| 7 | Watson; he graduated from Lauderdale County High School in | ||||||
| 8 | Halls and Tennessee State University, where he received a | ||||||
| 9 | bachelor of science degree and performed post-graduate work; he | ||||||
| 10 | served in the U.S. Army-Special Services Division and received | ||||||
| 11 | his doctor of dental surgery degree from Meharry Medical | ||||||
| 12 | College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1961; he married Eloys L. | ||||||
| 13 | Williams, and they had 3 children: Carla, Cheryl, and Charles | ||||||
| 14 | Jr.; and
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| 15 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson relocated to the south side of | ||||||
| 16 | Chicago to begin his dental practice; he practiced dentistry | ||||||
| 17 | until 1996, at times the practice was a family affair with his | ||||||
| 18 | daughters, Cheryl and Carla; and
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| 19 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was very active in social | ||||||
| 20 | causes, politics, and dental organizations; he participated in | ||||||
| 21 | downtown lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee, as well | ||||||
| 22 | as the March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he | ||||||
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| 1 | worked with lawmakers to create legislation to improve patient | ||||||
| 2 | care and the practice of dentistry, and he took part in | ||||||
| 3 | campaigns for people such as State Comptroller Roland Burris, | ||||||
| 4 | State Senator Kwame Raoul, and President Barack Obama; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was active with the Lincoln | ||||||
| 6 | Dental Society (President), the Kenwood Hyde Park Dental | ||||||
| 7 | Society (President), The Progressive Club, the Chicago Dental | ||||||
| 8 | Society, the Illinois State Dental Society (Legislative | ||||||
| 9 | Committee), the American Dental Association (State | ||||||
| 10 | Representative to the American Dental Political Action | ||||||
| 11 | Committee), and the National Dental Association; and
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| 12 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was devoted to his family and | ||||||
| 13 | friends; he took them on extended and frequent vacations to 40 | ||||||
| 14 | different states and Canada; he traveled to Europe, Mexico, and | ||||||
| 15 | the Caribbean; and | ||||||
| 16 | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson is survived by his wife of 8 | ||||||
| 17 | years, Sallie; his sisters, Dr. L. Marilyn Watson and Dr. | ||||||
| 18 | Marian L. Watson; his brother, retired Cook County Deputy | ||||||
| 19 | Commissioner, Alfred E. Watson (Naomi); his children, Carla D. | ||||||
| 20 | Watson, Dr. Cheryl D. Watson-Lowry (William A. Lowry Sr., | ||||||
| 21 | Esq.), and Charles E. Watson, Jr.; his step-daughter, Anitra | ||||||
| 22 | Elmore (Darold); his grandchildren, Taylor E. and Joshua E. | ||||||
| 23 | Mason (Carla), William A., Evan J., and Clarke E. Lowry | ||||||
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| 1 | (Cheryl), Annah and Donovan Elmore (Anitra); his five | ||||||
| 2 | sisters-in-law; a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews, and his | ||||||
| 3 | dedicated care-giver, Johkim Jones; therefore, be it
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| 4 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 5 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | ||||||
| 6 | Dr. Charles Watson, and we extend our sincere condolences to | ||||||
| 7 | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | ||||||
| 8 | further
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| 9 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 10 | presented to the family of Dr. Charles Watson as an expression | ||||||
| 11 | of our deepest sympathy.
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