Full Text of SR0253 95th General Assembly
SR0253 95TH GENERAL ASSEMBLY
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| SENATE RESOLUTION
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| WHEREAS, The members of the Illinois Senate are saddened to | 3 |
| learn of the death of Gertrude "Cookie" Wright of Chicago, who | 4 |
| passed away on June 8, 2007; and
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| WHEREAS, Gertrude "Cookie" Wright was born March 21, 1942 | 6 |
| in Woodstock, Tennessee
to the late Jack and Susie Rodgers; she | 7 |
| was baptized at an early age at the Campbell Chapel AME Church | 8 |
| of Woodstock where she sang in the choir with many of her | 9 |
| immediate family members; she graduated from Woodstock High | 10 |
| School where she was also crowned Miss Woodstock High School | 11 |
| during her senior year; and
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| WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright later moved to Chicago, where she | 13 |
| graduated from Olive Harvey College Nursing School with a | 14 |
| Registered Nursing degree; she worked as a nurse at the Hyde | 15 |
| Park Hospital of Chicago; she also provided private duty | 16 |
| nursing for seniors; she later joined the Sure-Way Missionary | 17 |
| Baptist Church of Chicago where she served faithfully within | 18 |
| the women's ministry; and
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| WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright was the first person in her | 20 |
| immediate family to be elected to public office; she was | 21 |
| elected to two four-year terms as a member of the local school | 22 |
| council in Chicago and was instrumental in the election |
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| victories of the late Mayor of Chicago Harold Washington and | 2 |
| current Illinois Senate President Emil Jones Jr.; and
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| WHEREAS, Gertrude Wright was preceded in death by her | 4 |
| parents and her loving sister, Bobbie Jean Carpenter; and
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| WHEREAS,
Gertrude H. Wright is survived by her husband, | 6 |
| Malvin Wright; her sons, Sean Tere (Kathy) Howard and Otheius | 7 |
| B. Wright; her sisters, Charlie (Mack) Reed, LaVerne (Ezell) | 8 |
| Williams, Cecil (Alonzo) Mitchell, Bishop Bettye (Neasbie) | 9 |
| Alston, and Shirley R. Hill; her brothers, Jackie Ray (Nellie) | 10 |
| Rodgers and Jessie L. Rodgers; and her eight grandchildren; | 11 |
| therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-FIFTH GENERAL | 13 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 14 |
| her family and friends, the passing of Gertrude H. "Cookie" | 15 |
| Wright; and be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 17 |
| presented to the family of Gertrude "Cookie" Wright as a symbol | 18 |
| of our sympathy.
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