Full Text of SR0340 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 Clyde Charles Bryant of Chicago, who | 4 | | passed away on September 16, 2011; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, He was born in Chicago on May 29, 1927, to Mr. and | 6 | | Mrs. Charles Byrant; he attended John D. Shoop School, Van | 7 | | Vlissingen Elementary School, and graduated from Edward Tilden | 8 | | Technical High School; he later attended Wilson Junior College; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, He served in the United States Army for 2 years, | 11 | | receiving the Victory Medal and an Honorable Discharge; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, He married Mildred Durr on June 14, 1959; he | 13 | | served as an apprentice at Cunio Press for 20 years; in 1961, | 14 | | he became a United States postal worker, retiring after 32 | 15 | | years of service; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, He attended Mount Joy Baptist Church, serving as a | 17 | | Sunday School Superintendent and a Sunday School teacher; he | 18 | | also volunteered for the Good News Club Ministry, the Older | 19 | | Boys and Girls Conference, Vacation Bible School, and the | 20 | | Sunday School Superintendent's Council; and |
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, He was preceded in death by his parents, Charles | 2 | | Bryant and Mary Jones; his stepmother, Lillian Bryant; and his | 3 | | brothers, Herbert and Herman Bryant; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Clyde Bryant is survived by his wife, Mildred; his | 5 | | daughters, Diane (Jamie) Sampson and Alicia (Oumaru) Swary; his | 6 | | grandsons, James, Jacob, and Joseph Sampson; his sister, | 7 | | Ernestine (George) Dixon; his brothers, Earl (Florence) and | 8 | | Preston (Sandra) Bryant; his brother-in-law, Lawyer Durr; his | 9 | | sisters-in-law, Shirley Hammonds, Estelle Bryant, and Ira | 10 | | Durr; and a host of nieces, nephews, relatives, and friends; | 11 | | therefore, be it
| 12 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 13 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 | | his family and friends, the passing of Clyde Bryant; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Clyde Bryant as a symbol of our | 18 | | sincere sympathy.
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