Full Text of HR0195 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of
Vivian | 4 | | Bratton Wilson, who passed away on March 9, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was born on March 6, 1918; her | 6 | | parents were Effie Bomar and Luegemus Bratton; and
| 7 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson attended Englewood High School, | 8 | | Wilson Jr. College, and Roosevelt University, where she studied | 9 | | business and business administration; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson's father was the founder of Star | 11 | | Detective and Security Agency in Chicago; in her early years, | 12 | | she performed undercover work and other investigations for Star | 13 | | Detective and served as her father's part-time secretary, | 14 | | bookkeeper, payroll clerk, recruiter, hirer, and firer in the | 15 | | 1940s and 1950s; after her father's passing, she served as | 16 | | Star's president and treasurer for nearly 30 years, directing a | 17 | | business with 650 employees; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was licensed as a State of Illinois | 19 | | Private Security Contractor, State of Illinois Private | 20 | | Detective and State of Illinois Private Alarm Contractor; she | 21 | | had received numerous awards for outstanding work in the |
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| 1 | | security field and was named "Security Entrepreneur of the | 2 | | Year" by the Alpha Lambda Honorary Fraternity; and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was a regular at the South Side | 4 | | Gospel Assembly, St. John AME Church, and Trinity United Church | 5 | | of Christ; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson was preceded in death by her second | 7 | | husband, Clyde Wilson; her siblings, Howard Bratton, Leonard | 8 | | Bratton, and Paulina Bratton; and her granddaughter, Volora | 9 | | Watson; and | 10 | | WHEREAS, Vivian Wilson is survived by her sister, Marcella | 11 | | (David) Gibson; her daughter Almeda (Irwin) Dunn; her | 12 | | granddaughter, Dominique (Charles) Wallace; and her | 13 | | great-grandchildren, Kenneth and Almeda Wallace; therefore, be | 14 | | it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 16 | | NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 17 | | we mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 18 | | Vivian Bratton Wilson; and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Vivian Wilson as an expression of | 21 | | our sympathy.
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