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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 Patricia Ann Taylor, who passed away on | ||||||
| 4 | December 2, 2013; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor was born on February 17, 1959 in | ||||||
| 6 | Clinton, Mississippi; her parents were Timothy C. Patton and | ||||||
| 7 | R.V. Barber; she married Gerard Lamont Taylor in 1982; and
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| 8 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor accepted Christ at an early age | ||||||
| 9 | and joined Starlight Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago; she | ||||||
| 10 | later became a member of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church in | ||||||
| 11 | Bellwood; and | ||||||
| 12 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor attended Oliver Wendell Holmes | ||||||
| 13 | Elementary School and Visitation High School in Chicago; after | ||||||
| 14 | high school, she attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, | ||||||
| 15 | where she was elected president of the Black Student Union and | ||||||
| 16 | graduated with honors with a triple major in English, black | ||||||
| 17 | studies, and history; after college, she attended the Ohio | ||||||
| 18 | State University Moritz College of Law; and | ||||||
| 19 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor was employed as an executive | ||||||
| 20 | assistant to the CEO of Morton Salt, Inc. for many years; and
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| 1 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor enjoyed reading, crocheting, | ||||||
| 2 | shopping, and spending time with her family; and
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| 3 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor is preceded in death by her | ||||||
| 4 | parents; and
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| 5 | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor is survived by her daughter, | ||||||
| 6 | Jennifer C. Taylor; her son, Gerard L. Taylor, II; her | ||||||
| 7 | granddaughter, Malia Mae Taylor; her brothers, Henry L. Patton, | ||||||
| 8 | Arthur J. Curry, Thomas (Frances) Barber, Timothy (Katherine) | ||||||
| 9 | Barber, Jimmie L. Barber, Leon (Diane) Carr, Charles (Gail) | ||||||
| 10 | Carr, and Richard Larry; her sisters, Ollie (Eddie) Adkins, | ||||||
| 11 | Sarah F. Barber, and Carolyn (Kenneth) Johnson; her uncle, | ||||||
| 12 | Peter (Emma) Martin; her aunts, Rebecca (John Curtis) Robinson | ||||||
| 13 | and Bettye (Charles) Speed; and her many nephews, nieces, | ||||||
| 14 | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
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| 15 | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | ||||||
| 16 | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | ||||||
| 17 | family and friends, mourn the passing of Patricia Ann Taylor; | ||||||
| 18 | and be it further
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| 19 | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | ||||||
| 20 | presented to the family of Patricia Taylor as an expression of | ||||||
| 21 | our sympathy.
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