Full Text of SR0349 95th General Assembly
SR0349 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Lucie Lee Wade-Williams of North Chicago, | 4 |
| who passed away on August 11, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucie Lee Wade-Williams was born on March 6, 1936 | 6 |
| in Marion, Arkansas; her parents were Annie Mae McEwen and Fred | 7 |
| Mabins; she married her first husband, Fountain Wade Jr. on | 8 |
| January 20, 1952; he preceded her in death; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucie Lee Wade-Williams and her husband relocated | 10 |
| to North Chicago in July of 1957, where they raised their | 11 |
| family; she retired from American Motors in Kenosha, Wisconsin | 12 |
| in 1991 after 18 years of service; after her retirement, she | 13 |
| served as a crossing guard for the City of Lake Forest for 10 | 14 |
| years; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucie Lee Wade-Williams was a faithful member of | 16 |
| the First Corinthian Missionary Baptist Church, serving on the | 17 |
| Mother's Board until her health prevented her from serving; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucie Lee Wade-Williams was preceded in death by | 19 |
| her parents; her daughters, Pearl and Carolynn Wade-McMurtry; | 20 |
| and her grandsons, Damien Thompson and Morris Wade Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Lucie Lee Wade-Williams is survived by her husband | 2 |
| of 20 years, Ira Williams Sr.; her loving sister, Jean (Isiah) | 3 |
| Franklin; her cousin, Louise Baylor; her stepmother, Sylvia | 4 |
| Mabins; her aunt, Mary Mabins; her daughters, Joann (Larry) | 5 |
| Carpenter, Evelynn (Ralph) Peterson, Debra Farris, and Tina | 6 |
| Hupp; her sons, Morris Wade Sr., Lawrence Wade Sr., Steven Wade | 7 |
| Sr., Michael (Angela) Wade, Gregory Wade, Gerard (Sheree) Wade | 8 |
| Jr., Edward Williams, and Ira (Renee) Williams; her nephews, | 9 |
| Cedric (Terrye) Baylor and Aaron Baylor; her 28 grandchildren; | 10 |
| her 23 great grandchildren; her niece; a host of other | 11 |
| relatives and friends; her goddaughter, Lynn Gary; her special | 12 |
| son, Reverend Eugene Roberson; and her very special friends, | 13 |
| George Pullum, Bricia Sullivan, Ernestine Smith, and Mary | 14 |
| Spencer; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 16 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 17 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Lucie Lee Wade-Williams; | 18 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 |
| presented to the family of Lucie Lee Wade-Williams as an | 21 |
| expression of our sympathy.
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