Full Text of SR0835 95th General Assembly
SR0835 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 Elizabeth Anne "Dolly" Parker Selph of | 4 |
| Alton, who passed away on August 11, 2008; and
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| WHEREAS, She was born October 13, 1919, in Carlyle, Stewart | 6 |
| County, Tennessee, to the late William Whitfield and G. LaRue | 7 |
| (Clymer) Burcham; she was married to the late William E. Parker | 8 |
| Sr. for 36 years; in June 1974, she married Roby O. Selph; and
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| WHEREAS, She enjoyed many hobbies, including oil painting, | 10 |
| gardening, and sewing; throughout her life, she was a voracious | 11 |
| reader and loved good literature; she was an avid baseball fan; | 12 |
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| WHEREAS, She was preceded in death by her parents; her | 14 |
| husband, Roby; her brother, Kenneth W. Burcham; and her sister, | 15 |
| Gloria Faith Means; and
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| WHEREAS, Elizabeth Selph is survived by two sons and a | 17 |
| daughter-in-law, William E. and Rita Parker Jr. and James | 18 |
| Richard Parker; her daughters and their husbands, Elizabeth A. | 19 |
| Parker and Jerry Yeley, Jane M. and Thomas LaBrot, Joan M. and | 20 |
| Keith Haasis, and Theresa P. and Marshall Smith II; her | 21 |
| stepchildren, the youngest two she helped raise, and spouses, |
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| John R. and Patti Selph and Craig S. and Barb Selph; her nine | 2 |
| grandchildren, Brian R. Parker, Peter K. Parker, Timothy M. | 3 |
| Parker, Brigit Schwartz-Holt , Meredith A. Schwartz, Jolie E. | 4 |
| LaBrot, Brianna P. LaBrot, Marshall Smith III, and Matthew | 5 |
| Smith; her five great-grandchildren; and numerous | 6 |
| step-grandchildren, including Captain Terri Robbins, now | 7 |
| stationed in Afghanistan; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 9 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 10 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Elizabeth Anne Selph; | 11 |
| and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 13 |
| presented to the family of Elizabeth Anne Selph as a symbol of | 14 |
| our sympathy.
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