SR0096 98TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton of Chicago, who passed away on January 29, 2013; and

WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton was born on June 2, 1997; her parents were Anthony and Cleopatra Pendleton; and

WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton accepted the Lord as her personal savior at the Christian Covenant Baptist Church; in October of 2007, she and her family joined the Greater Deliverance Temple Church of Church; she was also a member of the church's Youth and Teen Ministries and worked with the church's Teen Praise Dance and nursery; and

WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton began her education at the Small Stride Academy; she subsequently attended Schoop Academy, Marva Collins, Providence St. Mel, Donoghue (UIC), Carter G. Woodson, and Martin Luther King College Prep; she aspired to major in pharmacology and journalism in college; and

WHEREAS, Hadiya Pendleton is survived by her parents; her brother, Nathaniel; and her many aunts, uncles, cousins, godparents, community parents, and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Hadiya Zaymara Pendleton; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Hadiya Pendleton as an expression of our sympathy.