Full Text of SR0608 95th General Assembly
SR0608 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
Margaret Purchase; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase was born on December 25, 1940 in | 5 |
| Legrand, Alabama; she was the second of four children born to | 6 |
| Hosac and Frances Sharpe; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase was educated at Loveless School | 8 |
| in Montgomery, Alabama, Melrose Park Grade School, and Proviso | 9 |
| East High School; she accepted Christ at an early age and was | 10 |
| baptized at First Baptist Church of Melrose Park under the | 11 |
| leadership of Pastor B.S.J. Ford; she participated in Sunday | 12 |
| School and Baptist Training Union; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase was united in marriage to Alfred | 14 |
| Purchase, a marriage that remained true and loving throughout | 15 |
| their lives; to this union, 5 children were born; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase enjoyed shopping, watching her | 17 |
| special shows on television, and the holidays, especially | 18 |
| Christmas; and
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase was preceded in death by her | 20 |
| mother, Frances Sharpe; and |
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| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase is survived by her loving and | 2 |
| devoted husband, Alfred; her daughters, Kim (Kevin), Diane | 3 |
| (Marvin), and Electra (James); her sons, Rudy and Diamond; her | 4 |
| father, Hosac Sharpe; her brother, Hosac (Sandy); her sisters, | 5 |
| Edwenna (Leslie) and Sandra; her brothers-in-law, George | 6 |
| Purchase (Gracie), Donald Purchase, Orville Purchase, and | 7 |
| Johnny Purchase; her sisters-in-law, Theresa Washington, Mary | 8 |
| Harris, Lois Howard (William), Barbara McKinney (James), Ellen | 9 |
| Purchase, and Darlene Cosey (Robert); her granddaughters, | 10 |
| Keonna, Crystal, Chanelle, Candice, and Lauren; her grandsons, | 11 |
| James and Julius; her great-grandchildren, Kolby, Erick Jr., | 12 |
| and Crista; her aunts, Lottie Chilson, Janie Arrington, Sybil | 13 |
| Arrington, and Gladys Arrington; and her many nieces, nephews, | 14 |
| cousins, other relatives, and friends; and | 15 |
| WHEREAS, Margaret Purchase will be remembered by all who | 16 |
| knew and loved her as a beautiful, loving, and caring mother, | 17 |
| not only for her children, grandchildren, and | 18 |
| great-grandchildren, but for her neighbors as well; therefore, | 19 |
| be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 21 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Margaret Purchase; and | 23 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Margaret Purchase as an expression | 3 |
| of our sympathy.
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