Full Text of SR0686 93rd General Assembly
SR0686 93RD GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Senate of the State of Illinois | 3 |
| learned with regret of the death of Clarence Evans on Thursday, | 4 |
| August 26, 2004; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence was born on July 14, 1922 to Clarence | 6 |
| Evans, Sr. and Nannie Sherrod Evans Holliday; he joined St. | 7 |
| Joseph's Catholic Church, where he became a loyal and committed | 8 |
| member of the choir and the Eucharistic Ministers Service; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence married Dorothy Eugenia Long on July 11, | 10 |
| 1948; to this marriage two sons were born; Clarence and Dorothy | 11 |
| were married for 56 years; and
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| WHEREAS, Clarence graduated from the public schools of East | 13 |
| St. Louis School District 189; he went on to receive his | 14 |
| pharmacy degree in 1950 from the University of Illinois at | 15 |
| Urbana-Champaign; he was then employed by the United States | 16 |
| Postal Service until his retirement; he also worked for Sykes | 17 |
| Drug Store as a pharmacist for many years; and
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| WHEREAS, He is remembered as a skilled and hard worker who | 19 |
| put others' needs before his own; and
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| WHEREAS, The passing of Mr. Evans has been deeply felt by | 21 |
| many, especially his wife, Mrs. Dorothy E. Evans; his son, Mr. | 22 |
| Gerald E. Evans; his granddaughters, Mrs. Erika (Darian) | 23 |
| Cummings and Mrs. Danielle (Tony) Longhibler; his | 24 |
| great-grandchildren, Jeremiah, Isaiah, Elijah, and Analiese | 25 |
| Longhibler; his sisters-in-law, Mrs. Bernice Pierce, Mrs. | 26 |
| Marjorie McCree, Mrs. LaSaundia Fordson, and Mrs. Rita Pelly; | 27 |
| his brothers-in-law, Mr. Ollie (Marie) Jones, Mr. Frank Jones, | 28 |
| and Mr. Leroy (Jamie) Jones; his great-aunts, Leitha Floyd and | 29 |
| Gruenetta Coates; and his many nieces, nephews, other | 30 |
| relatives, and friends; he was preceded in death by his son, |
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| Mr. Marvin G. Evans; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-THIRD GENERAL | 3 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 4 |
| Clarence Evans, and we extend our deepest sympathy to his | 5 |
| family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 6 |
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Mr. Evans as an expression of our | 9 |
| sincere condolences.
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