Full Text of SR0790 98th 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 Patricia Ann Taylor, who passed away on | 4 | | December 2, 2013; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor was born on February 17, 1959 in | 6 | | Clinton, Mississippi; her parents were Timothy C. Patton and | 7 | | R.V. Barber; she married Gerard Lamont Taylor in 1982; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor accepted Christ at an early age | 9 | | and joined Starlight Missionary Baptist Church in Chicago; she | 10 | | later became a member of Monroe Missionary Baptist Church in | 11 | | Bellwood; and | 12 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor attended Oliver Wendell Holmes | 13 | | Elementary School and Visitation High School in Chicago; after | 14 | | high school, she attended Luther College in Decorah, Iowa, | 15 | | where she was elected president of the Black Student Union and | 16 | | graduated with honors with a triple major in English, black | 17 | | studies, and history; after college, she attended the Ohio | 18 | | State University Moritz College of Law; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor was employed as an executive | 20 | | assistant to the CEO of Morton Salt, Inc. for many years; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor enjoyed reading, crocheting, | 2 | | shopping, and spending time with her family; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor is preceded in death by her | 4 | | parents; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Patricia Taylor is survived by her daughter, | 6 | | Jennifer C. Taylor; her son, Gerard L. Taylor, II; her | 7 | | granddaughter, Malia Mae Taylor; her brothers, Henry L. Patton, | 8 | | Arthur J. Curry, Thomas (Frances) Barber, Timothy (Katherine) | 9 | | Barber, Jimmie L. Barber, Leon (Diane) Carr, Charles (Gail) | 10 | | Carr, and Richard Larry; her sisters, Ollie (Eddie) Adkins, | 11 | | Sarah F. Barber, and Carolyn (Kenneth) Johnson; her uncle, | 12 | | Peter (Emma) Martin; her aunts, Rebecca (John Curtis) Robinson | 13 | | and Bettye (Charles) Speed; and her many nephews, nieces, | 14 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 15 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 16 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we, along with her | 17 | | family and friends, mourn the passing of Patricia Ann Taylor; | 18 | | and be it further
| 19 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 20 | | presented to the family of Patricia Taylor as an expression of | 21 | | our sympathy.
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