Full Text of SR0657 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
Mary Ellen Carter of North Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on March 2, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was born on May 25, 1926, in | 6 | | Anderson, South Carolina; her parents were Sylvester D. and | 7 | | Julia Clinkscales; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was last employed as a | 9 | | housekeeping supervisor at the Veterans Administration | 10 | | Hospital; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter accepted Christ and attended the | 12 | | First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church in North Chicago; | 13 | | and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter was preceded in death by her | 15 | | parents; her siblings, Sylvester, Martin, and Robert | 16 | | Clinkscales; her grandson, Michael "Snip" McBride; and her | 17 | | brothers-in-law, Raleigh, William, and Charles; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Mary Ellen Carter is survived by her children, | 19 | | Waymon Callahan, Sylvester (Dorethia) Callahan, Joyce | 20 | | (Charles) Bean, Jo Ann (Michael) McBride, and Lou Ellen |
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| 1 | | (Robert) Burton; her 24 grandchildren; her 84 | 2 | | great-grandchildren; her 44 great-great grandchildren; her | 3 | | siblings, Isabella Moss, Josephine Blow, and Doris Patterson; | 4 | | and her many nephews, nieces, cousins, and dear friends; | 5 | | therefore, be it
| 6 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 7 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 8 | | her family and friends, the passing of Mary Ellen Carter; and | 9 | | be it further
| 10 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 11 | | presented to the family of Mary Ellen Carter as an expression | 12 | | of our sympathy.
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