Full Text of SR0338 94th General Assembly
SR0338 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with sadness of the death of Edith Adina Durham of | 4 |
| Goreville on July 12, 2005; and
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| WHEREAS, Mrs. Durham was born October 23, 1917, the | 6 |
| daughter of Charles A. and Grace (Hill) Houston of rural Marion | 7 |
| in Williamson County; she married Victor Durham on September | 8 |
| 13, 1935, in Metropolis, and together they shared over 43 years | 9 |
| of marriage; and
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| WHEREAS, She was of the Protestant faith; her home and her | 11 |
| family were the center of her life; she always enjoyed the many | 12 |
| family gatherings and the company of her family and many good | 13 |
| friends; and
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 15 |
| husband, Victor Durham; her daughter, Vicki L. Durham; her | 16 |
| infant granddaughter, Adina Ann Ragain; her grandson, James | 17 |
| Darren Johnson; her sisters, Mary Ellen Rinella, Esther | 18 |
| Perrine, Rowena Greene, and infant sister, Lillian Houston; and | 19 |
| her brothers, Sam Houston, Robert Houston, and Walter Houston; | 20 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Edith Durham is felt by all who | 22 |
| knew and loved her, especially her son, James H. Durham; her | 23 |
| daughter and son-in-law, Mary Anna and Herschel Johnson; her | 24 |
| daughter and grandson, Nancy Durham and her son Paul Derrick | 25 |
| Durham; her grandchildren, Darrell Johnson and his wife, | 26 |
| Christina, Rhonda Hall, Timothy Ragain, Deidra Dunne, and James | 27 |
| G. Durham; her great-grandchildren, Kerri Leann Hall, Trinity | 28 |
| Paige Harner, Stephanie Betz, Andrew Johnson, and Joseph | 29 |
| Johnson; her great-great-grandchildren, Scott Darren Betz, | 30 |
| Audra Betz, Colton Betz, and Jayden; her brother and | 31 |
| sister-in-law, Charles and Mary K. Houston; her |
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| sisters-in-law, Helen Houston, Phyllis Houston, Mary Lou | 2 |
| Durham, and Norma Durham; her brothers-in-law, Ernest "Ernie" | 3 |
| Rinella and Bill Durham and wife Sherry; and her many nieces, | 4 |
| nephews, other extended family, and many good friends; | 5 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 7 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 8 |
| Edith Durham and extend our sincerest condolences to her | 9 |
| family; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 |
| presented to her family as an expression of our deepest | 12 |
| sympathy.
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