Full Text of SR0895 94th General Assembly
SR0895 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 Rosa M. | 4 |
| Madison of Waukegan, who passed away on July 26, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosa Madison was born on July 8, 1908, in | 6 |
| Bentonia, Mississippi; her parents were Boston and Rosie Lee | 7 |
| Brown; she was married to William Madison on November 23, 1935; | 8 |
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| WHEREAS, She accepted Jesus Christ at an early age at St. | 10 |
| Paul CME Church in Bentonia; after she and her husband moved to | 11 |
| Waukegan, Illinois, she joined Shiloh Baptist Church; she later | 12 |
| joined Antioch Baptist Church, where she served as the Church | 13 |
| Clerk, Sunday School Superintendent, Deaconess, and President | 14 |
| of the Missionary Board; she also was in charge of the Baptist | 15 |
| Training Union and served in Church Women United; and
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| WHEREAS, Rosa Madison is survived by her children, Winfrey, | 17 |
| Odessa "Ody", V. Joyce, and Vernon "Bird"; her grandchildren, | 18 |
| Angela "Gigi", Michael, and Vernon David; her | 19 |
| great-grandchildren, Andre "Duck", Asja-Janaay "Suzie Q", and | 20 |
| Nicole "BamSpam"; her great-great-grandchild, Amir; her | 21 |
| brother-in-law, Henry (Jessie) Madison; her sisters-in-law, | 22 |
| Rosilee "Old Lady" Owens and Alma "Babe" Sanders; and | 23 |
| WHEREAS, Rosa Madison was preceded in death by her parents; | 24 |
| her husband, William; her son, Clarence Dwayne; her seven | 25 |
| siblings; and her foster children, Fleming "Dave" Davis and | 26 |
| Inez Jackson; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FOURTH GENERAL | 28 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 29 |
| all who knew and loved her, the death of Rosa M. Madison; and | 30 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Rosa M. Madison.
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