Full Text of SR0010 95th General Assembly
SR0010 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Louis Perkins of Alton, who passed away | 4 |
| on December 5, 2006; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins was born on August 11, 1932; his | 6 |
| parents were Cora Scott-Harris and Arnold Scott; and
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| WHEREAS, He attended the Edwardsville and Alton public | 8 |
| schools; and he served in the United States Air Force; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins was a bricklayer for Laclede Steel | 10 |
| for 33 years, retiring in 1995; and he worked for 10 years as a | 11 |
| security guard at Lewis and Clark Community College; and
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| WHEREAS, Louis Perkins is survived by his mother, Cora; his | 13 |
| ex-wives, Lena Simpson Perkins and Eva Smith Perkins; his sons, | 14 |
| Joseph Simpson, Louis R. Perkins, and Charles C. Perkins; his | 15 |
| stepson, Lamont Smith; his daughters, Janie Couselt, Deborah | 16 |
| (Ronald) Betts, and Mary "Penny" Perkins; his five | 17 |
| grandchildren; his five great-grandchildren; his sisters, | 18 |
| Carolyn Fields, Phyllis (Henry) Moore, Virginia Marie Perkins, | 19 |
| Sallie (Albert) Wilkerson, and Edna Perkins; his stepsister, | 20 |
| Tyra Taylor; his special friend, Orville D. Johnson; his | 21 |
| special cousin, Myrtle Ahart; and his nieces, nephews, cousins, |
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| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 4 |
| his family and friends, the death of Louis Perkins of Alton; | 5 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 7 |
| presented to the family of Louis Perkins, as a symbol of our | 8 |
| sympathy.
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