Full Text of SR1014 97th General Assembly
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| 1 | | SENATE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are deeply | 3 | | saddened to learn of the death of Dr. Charles Eugene Watson of | 4 | | Chicago, who passed away on November 23, 2012; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was born in Halls, Tennessee, | 6 | | on May 16, 1932, to Joseph Lewis and Mary Ella (nee Roundtree) | 7 | | Watson; he graduated from Lauderdale County High School in | 8 | | Halls and Tennessee State University, where he received a | 9 | | bachelor of science degree and performed post-graduate work; he | 10 | | served in the U.S. Army-Special Services Division and received | 11 | | his doctor of dental surgery degree from Meharry Medical | 12 | | College in Nashville, Tennessee, in 1961; he married Eloys L. | 13 | | Williams, and they had 3 children: Carla, Cheryl, and Charles | 14 | | Jr.; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson relocated to the south side of | 16 | | Chicago to begin his dental practice; he practiced dentistry | 17 | | until 1996, at times the practice was a family affair with his | 18 | | daughters, Cheryl and Carla; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was very active in social | 20 | | causes, politics, and dental organizations; he participated in | 21 | | downtown lunch counter sit-ins in Nashville, Tennessee, as well | 22 | | as the March on Washington with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., he |
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| 1 | | worked with lawmakers to create legislation to improve patient | 2 | | care and the practice of dentistry, and he took part in | 3 | | campaigns for people such as State Comptroller Roland Burris, | 4 | | State Senator Kwame Raoul, and President Barack Obama; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was active with the Lincoln | 6 | | Dental Society (President), the Kenwood Hyde Park Dental | 7 | | Society (President), The Progressive Club, the Chicago Dental | 8 | | Society, the Illinois State Dental Society (Legislative | 9 | | Committee), the American Dental Association (State | 10 | | Representative to the American Dental Political Action | 11 | | Committee), and the National Dental Association; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson was devoted to his family and | 13 | | friends; he took them on extended and frequent vacations to 40 | 14 | | different states and Canada; he traveled to Europe, Mexico, and | 15 | | the Caribbean; and | 16 | | WHEREAS, Dr. Charles Watson is survived by his wife of 8 | 17 | | years, Sallie; his sisters, Dr. L. Marilyn Watson and Dr. | 18 | | Marian L. Watson; his brother, retired Cook County Deputy | 19 | | Commissioner, Alfred E. Watson (Naomi); his children, Carla D. | 20 | | Watson, Dr. Cheryl D. Watson-Lowry (William A. Lowry Sr., | 21 | | Esq.), and Charles E. Watson, Jr.; his step-daughter, Anitra | 22 | | Elmore (Darold); his grandchildren, Taylor E. and Joshua E. | 23 | | Mason (Carla), William A., Evan J., and Clarke E. Lowry |
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| 1 | | (Cheryl), Annah and Donovan Elmore (Anitra); his five | 2 | | sisters-in-law; a host of cousins, nieces, and nephews, and his | 3 | | dedicated care-giver, Johkim Jones; therefore, be it
| 4 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SEVENTH GENERAL | 5 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 6 | | Dr. Charles Watson, and we extend our sincere condolences to | 7 | | his family, friends, and all who knew and loved him; and be it | 8 | | further
| 9 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 10 | | presented to the family of Dr. Charles Watson as an expression | 11 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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