Full Text of SR0031 96th General Assembly
SR0031 96TH 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
Lillian Murrell Sharp Reed; and
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| WHEREAS, Lillian Reed was was born on September 4, 1923 in | 5 |
| Chicago; her parents were Earle Sue (Trotter) and Leon Sharp; | 6 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, Lillian Reed received her formal education in the | 8 |
| Chicago Public Schools, attending Betsy Ross Elementary and | 9 |
| Englewood High School; along with her deep love of music and | 10 |
| dance, she developed an abiding thirst for knowledge and zest | 11 |
| for traveling and seeing as much of America as the 20th century | 12 |
| would allow, attending the Chicago World's Fair in 1934 and the | 13 |
| New York World's Fairs in 1939 and 1964, as well as driving | 14 |
| cross-country to Los Angeles before the advent of interstate | 15 |
| highways; she was also a voracious reader with a life-long | 16 |
| passion to see the worlds that she read about; and
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| WHEREAS, Lillian Reed was preceded in death by her parents; | 18 |
| her sisters, Doris Leona (Sharp) Carter and Ruth Marion Sharp; | 19 |
| and her dedicated companion, Alexander Coles; and
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| WHEREAS, Lillian Reed is survived by her son, Thomas | 21 |
| Spencer Gary; her daughter-in-law, Evette F. Little; her |
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| grandson, Alexander Thomas Gary; her granddaughter, | 2 |
| Maya-Gabrielle Francesca Gary; and her many adoring nieces, | 3 |
| nephews, cousins, and friends; and
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| WHEREAS, Lillian Reed will be remembered by all who knew | 5 |
| and loved her as a woman who was devoted to her family and | 6 |
| friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 8 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 9 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Lillian Murrell Sharp | 10 |
| Reed; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 |
| presented to the family of Lillian Murrell Sharp Reed as an | 13 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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