Full Text of HR1230 96th General Assembly
HR1230 96TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| HOUSE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 |
| Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Annette | 4 |
| Mattie Watkins Whiting of Chicago, who recently passed away; | 5 |
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| WHEREAS, Annette Mattie Watkins, the second child of Henry | 7 |
| and Louise Watkins, was born on September 8, 1938, in
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| Gibson, Mississippi (West Side); she attended Beachland | 9 |
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School; in the fall of 1952, Annette entered Alcorn | 10 |
| High School, a laboratory school, and played shooting forward | 11 |
| on the girls' basketball team; she
graduated at the top of her | 12 |
| class in the spring of 1956; and
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| WHEREAS, She enrolled as a freshman at Alcorn State
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| University in 1956, majoring in Home Economics; she graduated | 15 |
| in three years (1959) with a
Bachelor's of Science degree in | 16 |
| Home Economics, and a minor in Elementary Education; she met | 17 |
| and dated Leroy Whiting when they both attended Alcorn High | 18 |
| School and Alcorn State
University; they married immediately | 19 |
| after graduating from college; and
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| WHEREAS, During the 1959-1960 school term, Annette lived
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| with Leroy's mother in Rodney, Mississippi, a "Ghost Town", | 22 |
| while Leroy worked elsewhere; Annette
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| bus to a high school located in the nearest small town, | 2 |
| Fayette, Mississippi, to
work as a Home Economics teacher; and
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| WHEREAS, During the summer of 1960, Annette and Leroy moved | 4 |
| to Chicago, where she worked for 37 years as a
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| Kindergarten-Primary teacher at Faraday Elementary School, a | 6 |
| Chicago Public School, before retiring in
1997; and | 7 |
| WHEREAS, Annette was a loving and dedicated wife, mother,
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| and homemaker; she loved decorating her home; she loved to sew | 9 |
| and developed into a master seamstress; she was masterful in | 10 |
| her practice of frugality as she pursued these and other | 11 |
| hobbies; she became well known for her dressing style, | 12 |
| impeccable taste, and sense of personal elegance; and | 13 |
| WHEREAS, She
demonstrated a tenacious capability to affect | 14 |
| others by helping them to build good character; she was
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| willing to help in times of need; and she enjoyed many years | 16 |
| traveling with her family and friends throughout the United | 17 |
| States, the
Caribbean, Central and South America, and Europe; | 18 |
| and
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| WHEREAS, She leaves to hold in precious
memory, her | 20 |
| husband, Leroy; her son, Oran (Sarah); her siblings, Irma | 21 |
| Scott, George Watkins (Linda), and Mary
Watkins; her doting | 22 |
| cousin, Honorable Judge Willie Whiting; and a host of nieces, |
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| nephews, cousins, other
relatives, friends, and former | 2 |
| co-workers; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 4 |
| NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we | 5 |
| mourn, along with her family and friends, the passing of | 6 |
| Annette Whiting; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 8 |
| presented to the family of Annette Whiting as a symbol of our | 9 |
| sincere sympathy.
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