SR0257 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY

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SENATE RESOLUTION

WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to learn of the death of Mae Anita Leverett of Chicago, who passed away on February 7, 2009; and

WHEREAS, She was born of January 12, 1918 in Augusta, Georgia to the late Mary and William Brown; she accepted Jesus Christ as her Savior at an early age; she was a graduate of Haines High School and Spellman College in Atlanta, Georgia, where she majored in education; and

WHEREAS, She taught students in junior high school in the Augusta schools; during her time teaching, she met and married George Taylor Leverett and together they had five children; and

WHEREAS, She moved with her family to Chicago in 1947 and found employment with the Spiegel Company; she retired as Lead Operator after thirty-seven years with the company, and was given one of the largest retirement parties in the history of the company for her years of outstanding service; and

WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her husband, George; her sisters, Willa, Ester, and Eleanor; her brother, William; and her youngest son, Tyrone; and

WHEREAS, Mae Anita Leverett is survived by her son, George (Shirley); her daughters, Betty Cobbs, Paulette Nash, and Minister Annette Clemons (Lloyd); her play-daughters, Nadine McKinnor, Debra Lewis, and Mary Reed (Ruben); her fourteen grandchildren; her twenty-one great-grandchildren; and a host of nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it

RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of Mae Anita Leverett; and be it further

RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be presented to the family of Mae Anita Leverett as a symbol of our sincere sympathy.