Full Text of SR0854 94th General Assembly
SR0854 94TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate wish to express | 3 |
| their sincere condolences to the family and friends of Chester | 4 |
| Arthur Swopes of North Chicago, who recently passed away; and
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| WHEREAS, Chester Swopes was born on May 30, 1930 in Pea | 6 |
| Ridge, Arkansas; his parents were Ernest and Annie Belle | 7 |
| Swopes; he married Mary Williams in June of 1992; and
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| WHEREAS, He accepted Christ at an early age while attending | 9 |
| Pleasant Hill Baptist Church; he joined the Christian Valley | 10 |
| Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago, and served as the | 11 |
| Treasurer, on the Deacon Board, and the Usher Board as a member | 12 |
| and an officer for over 40 years; and
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| WHEREAS, He served as 5th Ward Alderman in North Chicago | 14 |
| for 15 years; he was also active with the PTA and school | 15 |
| activities, serving as the PTA President; and
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| WHEREAS, Chester Swopes enjoyed traveling, golfing, and | 17 |
| meeting new people; he was a great storyteller, had a good | 18 |
| sense of humor, and was considered loyal; and
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| WHEREAS, Chester Swopes is survived by his wife, Mary; his | 20 |
| children, Leotis "Joe" Swopes and wife, Polpy; Louise Harris | 21 |
| and husband, Willie; Alice Swopes-Sherrod; Ernest Swopes, Carl | 22 |
| Swopes, Bruce Swopes, Aaron Swopes, and Diane and her husband, | 23 |
| Mark; his siblings, Annie Lee Hudson and her husband, Leroy, | 24 |
| Herman Swopes and his wife, Barbara, Merseal Bankston, Lepoleon | 25 |
| Swopes, Marjorie Kurkendall, Alberta Neal, and Sherman Swopes | 26 |
| and his wife, Jean; his 24 grandchildren; his 12 | 27 |
| great-grandchildren; his godchildren, Ashton Hughes and Tayler | 28 |
| Survillion; his aunts, uncles, nieces, nephews, cousins, and | 29 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we again send our | 3 |
| sympathies to the family and friends of Chester Swopes; and be | 4 |
| it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Chester Swopes.
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