Full Text of SR2506 99th 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 Mary Ann Edwards, who passed away on | 4 | | December 5, 2016; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards was born in Alligator, Mississippi to | 6 | | Beulah Suber and Charles Edwards on December 27, 1935; after | 7 | | the sudden death of
her mother at the age eight, she moved to | 8 | | Memphis, Tennessee, where she was raised by her Aunt Laura and | 9 | | Uncle Ransom Suber; she
graduated from Douglass Community High | 10 | | School in 1953 and
attended LeMoyne-Owen College before moving | 11 | | to
Chicago; she married Robert L. Woods at Kelly United | 12 | | Methodist Church in Chicago on October 24, 1959; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards and her family moved to Markham in | 14 | | October of 1970 and joined the Community Mennonite Church, | 15 | | where they served in various capacities for over 40 years; and
| 16 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards worked at CARC/Envision from October | 17 | | of 1969 to
April of 2002, serving adults with special needs; | 18 | | and | 19 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards was very active
in her community; she | 20 | | served in many organizations, including
the CMC Board, the CMC | 21 | | Day Care Board, and the Wilshire Block Club; she
was a Trustee |
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| 1 | | of the Markham Public Library Board and was an
active member of | 2 | | the Markham Senior Citizen Club, the Midwest
Royal Dollies Red | 3 | | Hats Society, and the OAK Senior Citizens
Club; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards was preceded in
death by her parents | 5 | | and her husband, Robert; and
| 6 | | WHEREAS, Mary Edwards is survived by her daughters, Mona | 7 | | and Susan; her granddaughter,
Maya; her cousin, Ethel Johnson; | 8 | | her sister-in-law,
Jake Ella Woods; her two oldest friends,
| 9 | | Victoria Hunter, and Opal Gill; and many nieces, nephews, | 10 | | relatives, and
friends; therefore, be it
| 11 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 12 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 13 | | Mary Ann Edwards, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 14 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 15 | | further
| 16 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 | | presented to the family of Mary Edwards as an expression of our | 18 | | deepest sympathy.
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