Full Text of SR1117 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Mary Eleanor "Mae" Baptist; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist was born in Batchelor, Louisiana to | 5 | | Rev. Almond and Louida Baptiste on August 10, 1932; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist was a member of Third Baptist Church | 7 | | until she joined Powerhouse with her sisters, JoAnn and | 8 | | Georgia; she was a woman of deep faith; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist loved her family, reading the Bible, | 10 | | watching game shows and old black and white movies, playing | 11 | | bingo and card games, especially solitaire, and doing her | 12 | | puzzle books; she was kind to everyone she met and will be | 13 | | missed by many; and | 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist had a unique talent; she could | 15 | | recite the alphabet backwards just as fast as she could recite | 16 | | it forward; funny sometimes, she assigned nicknames to some of | 17 | | her family members; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents; her brother, Norwood; and her sisters, Iola and | 20 | | Georgia; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Mary Baptist is survived by her sister, JoAnn | 2 | | Tribett; her nieces, Linda, Tonya, Yolanda, and Angelique; her | 3 | | nephews, Terry, Myron (Sylvia), Almond (Daphne), and Errol | 4 | | (Janet); 11 great-nieces; 10 great-nephews; her great-great | 5 | | nieces and nephews; her beautiful friends who took care of | 6 | | her, Veronica, Sandra, and Martha; and numerous family friends | 7 | | and cousins; therefore, be it
| 8 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 9 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 10 | | Mary Eleanor "Mae" Baptist and extend our sincere condolences | 11 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 12 | | it further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Mary Baptist as an expression of our | 15 | | deepest sympathy.
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