Full Text of SR1063 101st 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 Wyllene Francis Abram, who passed away on | 4 | | February 17, 2020; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram was born in Goss, Mississippi to | 6 | | Nardwell and Flora Toney on February 16, 1931, the second of | 7 | | nine siblings; at an early age, she gained a special father in | 8 | | Bishop Louis J. Francis; she graduated from Gulfport High | 9 | | School in Gulfport, Mississippi in 1949; she later received her | 10 | | cosmetology license; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram began working as a mail handler at | 12 | | the U.S. Postal Service in the early 1960s; she later retired | 13 | | in 1986; and
| 14 | | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram committed to her faith at an early | 15 | | age and nurtured that commitment in her children; her favorite | 16 | | book in the Bible was Proverbs; she was known as an exceptional | 17 | | cook who would freely feed anyone who came into her home; and
| 18 | | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram was preceded in death by her | 19 | | parents, Nardwell Toney, Bishop Louis J. Francis, and Flora | 20 | | Francis; her sons, Mayfield Abram Jr. and Ralph Lockett; her | 21 | | daughters, Annette King and Melva Wiley; her brothers, Henry |
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| 1 | | Toney, Louis Francis, and Emmit Francis; and her sisters, Doris | 2 | | Fuller and Ruth Ann; and
| 3 | | WHEREAS, Wyllene Abram is survived by her sons, Leavelle | 4 | | (Vernita) and Gregory Abram; her daughters, Wanda Goodwin, June | 5 | | (Sam) Harris, and Darlene Abram; her 25 grandchildren, her 48 | 6 | | great-grandchildren; her five great-great-grandchildren; her | 7 | | brother, Paul (Shelia) Francis; her sisters, Ruby Francis Terry | 8 | | and Connie (Billy) Hicks; and a host of nephews, nieces, other | 9 | | relatives, and friends; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Wyllene Francis Abram and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Wyllene Abram as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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