Full Text of SR1896 100th 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 Donald L. Williams Sr., who passed away | 4 | | on July 9, 2018; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Donald Williams was born to Kelly Augustus "Great | 6 | | Granddaddy Gruff" Williams and Nana Mamie on April 28, 1926, | 7 | | one of four children along with Ernest, Clifford, and Arlean; | 8 | | while in high school he played football, ran track, and played | 9 | | the violin; he won the science award and graduated in 1944; he | 10 | | graduated from Howard University in 1949 with a pharmacy | 11 | | degree; he married Mercedes Williams and they had five | 12 | | children; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Donald Williams opened his first pharmacy in | 14 | | Pittsburgh; he relocated to Chicago and eventually joined the | 15 | | Berger Pharmacy in Maywood, which he and a partner purchased in | 16 | | 1963; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Donald Williams sold his share of the pharmacy | 18 | | business and began his second career in the insurance industry | 19 | | as the only insurance company selling policies to people of | 20 | | color in Maywood; he married Ora Dee Peppers, one of the first | 21 | | black realtors to sell homes in Maywood; together they created | 22 | | Donora Realty and sold real estate and State Farm insurance; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, In the 1980s, Donald Williams continued his | 3 | | education at the Moody Bible Institute and at the Billy Graham | 4 | | Center in Wheaton; he was ordained as minister at his home | 5 | | church of Second Baptist; and | 6 | | WHEREAS, Donald Williams was elected mayor of Maywood in | 7 | | 1991 and served one term; and | 8 | | WHEREAS, Donald Williams served on the board for the First | 9 | | National Bank and as president of the West Suburban Chapter of | 10 | | the NAACP; and
| 11 | | WHEREAS, The Village of Maywood continues to be important | 12 | | to the family of Donald Williams; his granddaughter, Dawn | 13 | | Williams-Rone is president of the Maywood Park District Board, | 14 | | continuing her grandfather's legacy of service to the Village; | 15 | | therefore, be it
| 16 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDREDTH GENERAL | 17 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 18 | | Donald L. Williams Sr., and extend our sincere condolences to | 19 | | the grandchildren he leaves behind, his friends, and all who | 20 | | knew and loved him; and be it further
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| 1 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 | | presented to the family of Donald Williams as an expression of | 3 | | our deepest sympathy.
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