Full Text of SR0015 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 Robert Earl Wilson of Chicago, who passed | 4 | | away on January 2, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born on June 5, 1950 in Isola, Mississippi | 6 | | to Percey and Annie Bell Wilson; he was educated in the Chicago | 7 | | Public School System, attending Batoma Elementary School, | 8 | | DuSable High School, and two years of college; he was united in | 9 | | marriage to Mosheila on August 26, 1998; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army during the | 11 | | Vietnam War; he worked for the Chicago Transit Authority upon | 12 | | returning from the military, and worked until his retirement in | 13 | | 2010; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, He was a Christian and was a faithful member of | 15 | | Evangelistic Deliverance Temple, where he served as a Deacon, | 16 | | Trustee, and Pastor Aid Member; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his father, Percey | 18 | | Wilson; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Robert Wilson is survived by his wife, Mosheila; | 20 | | his daughters with Mosheila, Faith and Precious; his other |
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| 1 | | children, Reinaldo (Jean), Roberto, Alonzo, Terneako, | 2 | | Termeakiss, and Dianca; his mother, Annie Bell Wilson; his | 3 | | brothers, Sam, Roger, and Arrie; his sisters, Georgia, Annie, | 4 | | and Brenda; his great aunt, Willie Bell; his aunts, Evangelist | 5 | | Simmons (Lenard), Evangelist Bush, Bernice Bryant, and Emma | 6 | | Shanklin; his uncles, Rev. Span (Annie) and Al Matthew (Ida); | 7 | | his 16 grandchildren; and a host of beloved nieces, nephews, | 8 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 9 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 10 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 11 | | his family and friends, the passing of Robert Wilson; and be it | 12 | | further
| 13 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 14 | | presented to the family of Robert Wilson as a symbol of our | 15 | | sincere sympathy.
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