Full Text of SR0421 101st 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 Juanita Smith Dewith Barton of | 4 | | Springfield, who passed away on May 8, 2019; and
| 5 | | WHEREAS, Juanita Barton was born in Springfield to Walter | 6 | | B. Smith Sr. and Viola Smith Burney on October 20, 1926; she | 7 | | attended Iles Elementary School, Feitshans High School, | 8 | | Lincoln Land Community College, and Sangamon State University; | 9 | | and
| 10 | | WHEREAS, Juanita Barton was an employee of the Arbee | 11 | | Printing Co., Sangamo Electric, the City of Springfield, and | 12 | | the State of Illinois Executive Ethics Commission; and
| 13 | | WHEREAS, Juanita Barton was an activist, president, | 14 | | vice-president, secretary, executive board member, board | 15 | | member, and a member of various civic, community, and national | 16 | | organizations; and
| 17 | | WHEREAS, Juanita Barton was preceded in death by her | 18 | | parents; her husband, Kenneth E. Barton Sr.; her daughter, | 19 | | Allison Dewith Wilson and son, Eugene J. Mitchell; and her | 20 | | siblings, Walter B. Smith Jr., Marguerite Roberts, Elwood W. | 21 | | Smith, Robert C. Smith, James Smith, and Samuel Smith; and
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| 1 | | WHEREAS, Juanita Barton is survived by her son, Enyo | 2 | | Dewith; her daughters, Mrs. Charles (Cecine Dewith) Jones, Mrs. | 3 | | William J. (Letitia Dewith) Anderson, Mrs. Stephen (Shannon | 4 | | Dewith) McCormick, and Mrs. Juan A. (Jai Dewith) Jones; her | 5 | | stepsons, Kenneth E. Barton Jr. (Diane) and James W. Barton | 6 | | (Antionette); her stepdaughter, Llewelyn T. Barton; 26 | 7 | | grandchildren; 38 great-grandchildren; 10 | 8 | | great-great-grandchildren; and many beloved nieces, nephews, | 9 | | cousins, and friends; therefore, be it
| 10 | | RESOLVED, BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FIRST GENERAL | 11 | | ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF ILLINOIS, that we mourn the passing of | 12 | | Juanita Smith Dewith Barton and extend our sincere condolences | 13 | | to her family, friends, and all who knew and loved her; and be | 14 | | it further
| 15 | | RESOLVED, That a suitable copy of this resolution be | 16 | | presented to the family of Juanita Barton as an expression of | 17 | | our deepest sympathy.
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