Full Text of SR0958 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 Sharon Lynn McDowell, who passed away on | 4 | | February 18, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Sharon McDowell was born in Chicago on August 18, | 6 | | 1948 to Warren and Dorothy McDowell; she attended St. James | 7 | | Elementary School and graduated from DuSable High School in | 8 | | Chicago in 1967; she later attended Wilson College in | 9 | | Pennsylvania; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Sharon McDowell worked as a cook in the family | 11 | | restaurant until retiring in 1984; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Affectionately known as "Shay-Shay", Sharon | 13 | | McDowell enjoyed cooking, skating, knitting, singing, and | 14 | | dancing; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Sharon McDowell was preceded in death by parents, | 16 | | and by her sister, Joyce Faye Williams; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Sharon McDowell is survived by her children, | 18 | | Brenda (Mack) Carmicheal, Anthony Williams, Alonzo McDowell, | 19 | | and Antonio McDowell; her grandchildren, Joyce Sparks, Kayla | 20 | | Carmicheal, and Antoinette McDowell; her sisters, Jacqueline |
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| 1 | | Linzy, Barbara Reed, and Karen Buntyn; her brother, Melvin | 2 | | McDowell; and her 4 nephews and 7 nieces; therefore, be it
| 3 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 4 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 5 | | Sharon Lynn McDowell, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 6 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 7 | | further
| 8 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 9 | | presented to the family of Sharon McDowell as an expression of | 10 | | our deepest sympathy.
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