Full Text of HR0202 95th General Assembly
HR0202 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Herbert | 4 |
| Bias, Sr. of Chicago, who passed away on March 6, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Herbert Bias, Sr. was born on September 30, 1939 | 6 |
| in Harriston, Mississippi; he relocated to Chicago in 1962; and
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| WHEREAS, He and his wife, Ann, opened their first McDonalds | 8 |
| Restaurant in 1984; together, they went on to operate McDonalds | 9 |
| on 87th and Wabash, 65th and Stony Island, 115th and St. | 10 |
| Lawrence, and 95th and Jeffrey streets on Chicago's southside; | 11 |
| Mr. Bias was an active member of the Black McDonalds Owners | 12 |
| Association and involved with community and social concerns; | 13 |
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| WHEREAS, In 2002 Mr. Bias was selected to be a torch bearer | 15 |
| at the Winter Olympics in Salt Lake City, Utah; and
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| WHEREAS, Herbert Bias Sr. is survived by his wife, Ann; his | 17 |
| son, Herbert Bias, Jr.; his daughter, Joy Johnson (the past | 18 |
| president of the NBA Wives Behind the Bench; son-in-law and | 19 |
| former NBA basketball player Eddie Johnson, who played for the | 20 |
| Seattle Supersonics, Sacramento Kings, Charlotte Hornets, | 21 |
| Indiana Pacers, and Houston Rockets; his three grandchildren; |
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| his brother, his two sisters; his six sisters-in-law; his six | 2 |
| brothers-in-law; and many other relatives and friends; | 3 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 5 |
| NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 6 |
| mourn, along with his family and friends, the passing of | 7 |
| Herbert Bias, Sr. and extend our condolences at this time; and | 8 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 |
| presented to the family of Herbert Bias, Sr. as a symbol of our | 11 |
| sympathy.
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