Full Text of SR0256 96th General Assembly
SR0256 96TH 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
Alton L. Gill, Sr. who passed away on | 4 |
| April 17, 2009; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. was born on December 20, 1914 | 6 |
| in Brookhaven, Mississippi; he was born to the union of John | 7 |
| Gill and Ruth Carter; he married Celestine Bunch on November | 8 |
| 20, 1936; and
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| WHEREAS, After relocating to Chicago from Mississippi as a | 10 |
| child, Alton L. Gill, Sr. began his education at Doolittle | 11 |
| Grammar School and Oakland Grammar School, before moving on to | 12 |
| St. Elizabeth High School and graduating at Wendell Philip High | 13 |
| School; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. was employed at Northwestern | 15 |
| Railroad as a Pullman porter in the dining room car for over 20 | 16 |
| years; as a child, he served as an apprentice at Joe Horowitz | 17 |
| Meat Market in the Bronzeville neighborhood; his | 18 |
| apprenticeship enabled him to pursue his dream of establishing | 19 |
| his own business, a supermarket in Griffith, Indiana; he also | 20 |
| pursued farming in Michigan and became an agricultural | 21 |
| entrepreneur, raising farm animals and crops which he later | 22 |
| sold in Chicago; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. served his country with pride | 2 |
| and distinction as a member of the Illinois National Guard for | 3 |
| nine years; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. enjoyed ballroom dancing, | 5 |
| fishing, and collecting coins; and
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| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. accepted Christ at an early | 7 |
| age; he would later join the Catholic Church through the St. | 8 |
| Columbanus Parish and serve as a long-time member of St. | 9 |
| Dorothy Catholic Church and St. Dorothy's Holy Name Society; in | 10 |
| his later years, he attended St. Sabina while living as a | 11 |
| resident of the St. Sabina Elders Village; and | 12 |
| WHEREAS, Alton L. Gill, Sr. is survived by his children, | 13 |
| Alton Jr. (Madeline) and LaVergne (Bob); his grandchildren, | 14 |
| Lynette (Bruce), Adam, Aaron (Malikah), and Robert; his | 15 |
| great-grandchildren, Bruce, Jr., Naimah, Noah, and Dakari; his | 16 |
| stepsons, Bill (Shirley) and John; and his many loving cousins | 17 |
| and friends; therefore, be it
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| RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-SIXTH GENERAL | 19 |
| ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn, along with | 20 |
| his family and friends, the passing of Alton L. Gill, Sr.; and | 21 |
| be it further
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| RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 2 |
| presented to the family of Alton L. Gill, Sr. as an expression | 3 |
| of our sympathy.
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