Full Text of SR1307 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 Odell Long of Chicago, who passed away on | 4 | | June 24, 2014; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long was born in Eutaw, Alabama on May 8, | 6 | | 1931 to Henry Dunn and Eliza Horton; at age 16, she moved to | 7 | | Chicago and attended Wendell Phillips Academy High School; she | 8 | | then attended Jones Commercial where she earned her degree in | 9 | | secretarial administration; she was an active member of Greater | 10 | | Tabernacle Baptist Church in Chicago where she worked on many | 11 | | committees including holding positions on The Mother Board and | 12 | | being church secretary; she married Warren G. Long; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long worked for the United States Post | 14 | | Office in Personnel and Procurement as a secretary until | 15 | | retiring in 1990 after 40 years; after retirement, she became a | 16 | | travel agent with Treasure Island Travel Agency; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long touched many lives through her | 18 | | community activism and organizational affiliations; she
| 19 | | spearheaded the creation of her 9600 Block Club, where she | 20 | | served as president, was a dedicated
worker on the polls during | 21 | | all elections, was a court advocate, a member of CAPS, a 7th | 22 | | Ward Senior
Board member, and worked with the homeless and |
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| 1 | | GMAC, all while being sharply dressed in her heels and
bags; | 2 | | and | 3 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long always had a thirst for knowledge and | 4 | | to share that
knowledge with others, reading every day; her | 5 | | shelves were packed with books and on any given day you would | 6 | | find
her in her chair with glasses on her nose, reading, | 7 | | drinking coffee, and taking copious notes; if she wasn't | 8 | | reading, she would dial every phone number she had to check on | 9 | | those she cared about; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long was preceded in death by her husband; | 11 | | and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Odell Long is survived by her 2 daughters, Sharon | 13 | | Smith and Beverly Long; her son, Lamar Long; grandchildren, | 14 | | Sean
Long (Fontella), Gregory Smith, Darius Smith, Joseph | 15 | | Williams, and Carla Williams; 2 great- grandchildren,
Nia Long | 16 | | and Isaac Smith; her baby sister, Beatrice Dent (Robert); a | 17 | | special sister, Johnny Pearl Horton; her
adopted daughter, | 18 | | Deneen Sipp; sons, Terrell Washington and Tory Sipp; a host of | 19 | | special nieces,
nephews, great-nieces, and great-nephews; and | 20 | | many beloved friends and neighbors; therefore, be it
| 21 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-EIGHTH GENERAL | 22 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of |
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| 1 | | Odell Long, and extend our sincere condolences to her family, | 2 | | friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it further
| 3 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 4 | | presented to the family of Odell Long as an expression of our | 5 | | deepest sympathy.
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