Full Text of SR0494 102nd General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened | 3 | | to learn of the death of Linwood Rayford Elliott of Alton, who | 4 | | passed away on September 3, 2021; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Linwood Elliott was born to Anthony Elliott III | 6 | | and Willie Mae Davis Elliott in Grenada, Mississippi on May | 7 | | 29, 1943; he graduated from Carrie Dotson High School in | 8 | | Grenada in 1963; he also attended Alcorn University; he | 9 | | relocated to Godfrey in 1965, where he first resided with his | 10 | | sister, Judia, his brother-in-law, E.O. Lacey, and family; | 11 | | after being in the social arena, he moved to Alton, where he | 12 | | resided with his brother, James, his sister-in-law, Annie Lee | 13 | | Elliott, and family; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Linwood Elliott was a former employee of the | 15 | | Duncan Foundry, the Olin Chemical Corporation, and the Alton | 16 | | Boxboard Company; he retired from the Clark Oil Refinery; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Linwood Elliott was affectionately known as | 18 | | "Yabba Dabba Do"; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Linwood Elliott is survived by his children, | 20 | | Tambla Lynn Elliott, Anthony L. J. Elliott (Rene), Linwood | 21 | | Elliott Jr. (Glendoria), Alison Joelle (Kamal) Randolph, and |
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| 1 | | Dr. Angela A. Elliott; his bonus daughter, Java Taylor | 2 | | Anderson; his bonus son, Gregory Calvin McGraw; his best | 3 | | friend and former wife, Minister Joyce Y. Elliott; his 12 | 4 | | grandchildren; his 13 great-grandchildren; his sisters, Willie | 5 | | Louise Paramore and Mary Helen Elliott; his bonus sister, | 6 | | Peggy Williams; his sisters-in-law, Annie Lee Elliott, Alice | 7 | | Elliott, Mabell Elliott, Doris Jo Elliott, Betty Holloway, | 8 | | Janice Watson, Marilyn Glen, Ruby Madison, and Barbara | 9 | | Thompson; his brothers-in-law, William Watson, William | 10 | | Thompson, Ernest Henderson, and Bert Henderson; his many | 11 | | nieces and nephews; and his cousins and special friends, | 12 | | Anthony Jones, Dale Edwards, John Jackson, Anthony Gator, and | 13 | | Billie Williams; therefore, be it
| 14 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED SECOND GENERAL | 15 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 16 | | Linwood Rayford Elliott and extend our sincere condolences to | 17 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 18 | | further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Linwood Elliott as an expression of | 21 | | our deepest sympathy.
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