Full Text of HR1481 99th General Assembly
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| 1 | | HOUSE RESOLUTION
| 2 | | WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois House of | 3 | | Representatives are saddened to learn of the death of Tommie | 4 | | Echols Boykin, who passed away on November 7, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was born on February 24, 1931 in | 6 | | Memphis, Tennessee; her parents were Clifton and Victoria | 7 | | Echols; and
| 8 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin attended Larose Elementary School, | 9 | | Booker T. Washington High School, and LeMoyne Owen College; and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin served as President of the National | 11 | | Association of Government Employees #R5-66 following the | 12 | | passing of her husband in 1974; she also served as an Auxiliary | 13 | | Probation Officer for Girls with the City of Memphis and a | 14 | | Sales Associate at MCI; and
| 15 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was a member of Castalia Baptist | 16 | | Church; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin was preceded in death by her | 18 | | husband, Drew Boykin, Jr.; and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Tommie Boykin is survived by her aunt, Johnnie |
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| 1 | | Sanders (David - Sonny); her sister, Flewellen Echols Jenkins | 2 | | (Ronnie Bell); her children, Shirley Boykin-Doss (Jerry), | 3 | | Clifton Echols Boykin, Vicki Drew Boykin Adams (David), Willa | 4 | | Boykin Broom (Jessie), and John Flewellen Boykin (Palmetra); | 5 | | six grandchildren; two great-grandchildren; one nephew; one | 6 | | niece; and many other relatives and friends; therefore, be it
| 7 | | RESOLVED, BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE | 8 | | NINETY-NINTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that | 9 | | we, along with her family and friends, mourn the passing of | 10 | | Tommie Echols Boykin; and be it further
| 11 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 12 | | presented to the family of Tommie Boykin as an expression of | 13 | | our sympathy.
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