Full Text of SR0382 95th General Assembly
SR0382 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
Charlotte Lewis of Peoria, who passed | 4 |
| away on September 17, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis was born on September 10, 1955 in | 6 |
| Chicago; her parents were Bobby Rufus Lewis Sr. and Louella | 7 |
| Henderson Lewis; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis held bachelor's degrees in Parks | 9 |
| and Recreation Administration and Commercial Sequence and | 10 |
| Program Management; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis was employed at the George | 12 |
| Washington Carver Community Center as a program director from | 13 |
| 1996 until her passing; she worked at the Illinois River | 14 |
| Correctional Center in Canton from June 1993 to July 1997; she | 15 |
| was also employed at the Logan Correction Center in Lincoln; | 16 |
| she eventually became a Correction Residence Counselor I at the | 17 |
| Adult Transition Center in Peoria, working there from July 1997 | 18 |
| until her passing; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis was an accomplished and talented | 20 |
| athlete; she was a valuable member of the 1976 United States | 21 |
| Olympic Team and was inducted into the Illinois State Athletics |
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| Hall of Fame in 1983; she holds many honors, including the | 2 |
| Brazilian Championship Gold Medal from 1987 to 1990, the Silver | 3 |
| Medal of the Brazilian Championship in 1986, the Brazilian | 4 |
| Regionals Gold Medal from 1986 to 1989, the Silver Medal of the | 5 |
| Brazilian Regionals in 1986, the Brazilian Jogos Alberto Silver | 6 |
| Medal in 1986 and 1990, the Gold Medal of the Brazilian Jogos | 7 |
| Alberto from 1987 to 1989, the World University Games Team 1977 | 8 |
| Silver Medal, a silver medal on the 1976 Olympic team, a gold | 9 |
| medal on the 1976 Pre-Olympic Team, a gold medal on the 1976 | 10 |
| Pan American Team and the 1975 World Championship Team, and | 11 |
| state championships with Illinois State University from 1973 to | 12 |
| 1978; she was also the WBL World Champion with the Nebraska | 13 |
| Wranglers during 1979 and 1980, with the Brazilian Imprensa | 14 |
| from 1987 to 1990, the French Championship during 1978 and | 15 |
| 1979; and
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| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis was preceded in death by her | 17 |
| parents; and | 18 |
| WHEREAS, Charlotte Lewis is survived by her sisters, Rosa | 19 |
| Henderson, Barbara Lewis Moore, Janice Lewis, Annette Pannell, | 20 |
| Elizabeth Lewis, and Nora Lewis; her brothers, Bobby (Annette) | 21 |
| Lewis Jr. and Altton Lewis Jr.; a loving host of nieces, | 22 |
| nephews, great-nieces, and nephews; and her partner, Jamial | 23 |
| Ray; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 2 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 3 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Charlotte Lewis; and be | 4 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 6 |
| presented to the family of Charlotte Lewis as an expression of | 7 |
| our sympathy.
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