Full Text of SR0422 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 | | learn of the death of
Effie Mae Wroten of North Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on October 21, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten was born on January 17, 1945, in | 6 | | Slayden, Mississippi; her parents were Abell and Rosie Rhyan; | 7 | | she grew up in Memphis, Tennessee, remaining there until her | 8 | | family moved to Waukegan in 1962; she graduated from East High | 9 | | School in 1963; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten was a devoted and faithful member of | 11 | | Brothers After the Order of Jesus in Zion for 39 years; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten served as a certified master hair | 13 | | stylist and entrepreneur for many years; she was the founder | 14 | | and manager of the New Image School of Cosmetology and New | 15 | | Image Hair Design studio in Waukegan; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten was a prominent civic servant who | 17 | | served on many boards in Lake County; she was also elected to | 18 | | serve on the North Shore Sanitary District Board in Gurnee, | 19 | | where she served honorably for three terms, until her death; | 20 | | and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten was the recipient of the People's | 2 | | Voice Community Achievement Award and the Most Influential | 3 | | African American Achievement Political Leadership Award; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten was preceded in death by her parents, | 5 | | Abell and Rosie Rhyan, and her brothers, Abel Rhyan and Tyrone | 6 | | Rhyan; and | 7 | | WHEREAS, Effie Wroten is survived by her loving and devoted | 8 | | husband of 34 years, Johnny L. Wroten; her sons, Maurice Hood | 9 | | (Keiya), Carl Wroten, Michael Wroten (Tynesha), Kelvin Tate | 10 | | (Suretha), Abel Williams-Wroten, Albert Williams-Wroten, and | 11 | | Reginald Hooks (Tera); her daughter, Royshell Rhyan her 25 | 12 | | grandchildren; her brothers, Tommy (Myra) Rhyan and Andrew | 13 | | Rhyan; her sisters, Frances Williams (R.C.), LeeDora Rhyan, | 14 | | Romena-Sandy Rhyan, Janie-Gina (Napoleon) Norals, and | 15 | | Antoinette Rhyan-Gibbs; her many nephews and nieces; her | 16 | | God-children, Michael Walters and Dana Perry; and her special | 17 | | friends, Brother Grace, Mother Grace, Sr. Catherine Anthony, | 18 | | Anita Wilson, Louise Formel, Ron McAllister, and Doris Barge; | 19 | | therefore, be it
| 20 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 21 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 22 | | her family and friends, the passing of Effie Mae Wroten; and be | 23 | | it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Effie Wroten as an expression of our | 3 | | sympathy.
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