Full Text of SR0410 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 Beatrice Matthews; and
| 4 | | WHEREAS, Beatrice Matthews was born in Chicago on May 29, | 5 | | 1926 to Horace Calbert and Edna Brooks; she attended Wendell | 6 | | Phillips elementary and high schools and earned her cosmetology | 7 | | license from Unique Beauty School; she married Ned Matthews in | 8 | | 1946; and
| 9 | | WHEREAS, Beatrice Matthews worked at Hazel's and later for | 10 | | the United States Postal Service as a mail handler until | 11 | | retirement; and
| 12 | | WHEREAS, Beatrice Matthews was a member of Christ Universal | 13 | | Temple, where she obtained a Master Certificate from the | 14 | | Johnnie Coleman Institute; she volunteered for service in the | 15 | | 24-hour Prayer Ministry and served as the first President of | 16 | | the Ambassadors of Love Club; she was a member of the South | 17 | | Side branch of the N.A.A.C.P. Women's Auxiliary; she enjoyed | 18 | | traveling around the world; and
| 19 | | WHEREAS, Beatrice Matthews was preceded in death by her | 20 | | parents; her husband, Ned; her daughter, Bridget Matthews; her | 21 | | sibling, Gale Wilkins; and her grandchildren, Dino and Nicola; |
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| 2 | | WHEREAS, Beatrice Matthews is survived by her children, | 3 | | Christel Davis and Cordell Matthews; her 5 siblings, Hazel | 4 | | Garner-Brooks, Donald Clark (Cheryl), LaVonne Curington | 5 | | (Harold), and Joyce Calbert; her grandchildren, Lavite, Eddie, | 6 | | Cordell (Boo), Jeremy, and Andiana; her 7 great-grandchildren, | 7 | | D'Angelo, Kadoshia, Rickey, Christel, Dominique, Johnette, and | 8 | | Lil John; her 9 great-great-grandchildren; and a host of | 9 | | nieces, nephews, cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE NINETY-NINTH GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the death of | 12 | | Beatrice Matthews, and extend our sincere condolences to her | 13 | | family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be it | 14 | | further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Beatrice Matthews as an expression | 17 | | of our deepest sympathy.
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